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bottle-o

noun
/ˈbɒtələʊ/

Etymology

From bottle + -o (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from *bʰōw-✻
  2. derived from *bōþl✻
  3. derived from botl
  4. suffixed as bottle-o — “bottle + o”

Definitions

  1. A bottle shop.

  2. A door-to-door trader in used bottles.

    • For travellers have to carry bags, / And swagmen have to hump their swags / Like bottle-ohs or ragmen.
    • And Pa, that bottle-o, drunk once on misery.

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