bottle smasher
bottle smasher noun: someone who causes public disturbances or violent brawls while intoxicated.
Noun
bottle smasher (plural bottle smashers)
- Someone who causes public disturbances or violent brawls while intoxicated.
- We pulled a little switch this year, and held the stag in First Term in order not to crowd all the functions into one term. This worked quite well, as it seemed there were more bottle-smashers there is year than ever before.1959, R. M. Duncan — R. Solohub, “Engineering Social Review”, in Slide rule - Vol 25
- The bottle-smashers, if caught, will no doubt be more severely dealt with than Francis Caldwell, who was given a conditional discharge after admitting drilling a hole in his electrical meter to stop his wife running up huge bulls.1977, Unattributed, “One Way of a Cutting a Wife's Electrical Bill”, in The Times UK
Forms of bottle smasher
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Origin of bottle smasher
The act of smashing bottles (the most common packaging for alcohol globally) is an antic commonly associated with drunkards.
Questions about bottle smasher
- What does bottle smasher mean?
- Bottle smasher means someone who causes public disturbances or violent brawls while intoxicated.
- What part of speech is bottle smasher?
- Bottle smasher is a noun.
- What is the plural of bottle smasher?
- The plural of bottle smasher is bottle smashers.
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