bottle-o
/ˈbɒtələʊ/
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Australia[ˈbɔɾl̩əʉ]
bottle-o noun: a bottle shop.
Noun
bottle-o (plural bottle-os)
- A bottle shop.
- 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.1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 14
- a. 1922, Henry Lawson, 1984, Leonard Cronin (editor), A Fantasy of Man: Henry Lawson Complete Works, 1901-1922, Part 2, page 546,
Time was when my old friend, Benno the bottle-o, drew his turn-out into the shade of the big old fig-trees under the church at the top of the hill, and went back and...
Examples of bottle-o in a sentence
- And Pa, that bottle-o, drunk once on misery.1970, Patrick White, The Vivisector, Vintage, published 1994, page 574:
- the bottle-oh with the cleft tongue rode his wagon wrapped tight in an old grey blanket and had his battle-oh cries blown westwards before the icy gusts of wind.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 103:
- When Kate was a girl living in Albert Park, a lifetime before she met Rex, her bottle-o had some sort of motor truck.2011, Richard Plant, Life's a Blur, unnumbered page:
Forms of bottle-o
| plural | bottle-os |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bottlo |
| alternative form | bottle-oh |
Origin of bottle-o
From bottle + -o (diminutive suffix).
Questions about bottle-o
- What does bottle-o mean?
- Bottle-o means a bottle shop.
- How do you use bottle-o in a sentence?
- And Pa, that bottle-o, drunk once on misery.
- What part of speech is bottle-o?
- Bottle-o is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bottle-o?
- Bottle-o is pronounced /ˈbɒtələʊ/.
- What is the plural of bottle-o?
- The plural of bottle-o is bottle-os.
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