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bottle-os

bottle-os is the plural of bottle-o.

Meaning of bottle-o

Noun

bottle-o (plural bottle-os)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A bottle shop.
  2. (Australia, informal, obsolete) 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

Questions about bottle-os

What is bottle-os the plural of?
Bottle-os is the plural of bottle-o.

Words near bottle-os in the dictionary

  1. bottle-o
  2. bottle-oh
  3. bottle-ohs
  4. bottle-opener
  5. bottle-openers
  6. bottle-os
  7. bottle-shock
  8. bottle-sickness
  9. bottle-smasher
  10. bottle-sucker
  11. bottle-suckers

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