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bottlo

bottlo noun: a door-to-door trader in used bottles.

Noun

bottlo (plural bottlos)

  1. (Australia, informal, obsolete) A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.
    • My local bottlo tells me that the sales of ready-to-drinks have slightly decreased but there has been a sharp increase in the sale of 750-millilitre bottles of straight spirits.2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives, volume 13, page 3169

Synonyms of bottlo

Forms of bottlo

pluralbottlos
alternative formbottle-o

Origin of bottlo

From bottle + -o.

Questions about bottlo

What does bottlo mean?
Bottlo means a door-to-door trader in used bottles.
What part of speech is bottlo?
Bottlo is a noun.
What is the plural of bottlo?
The plural of bottlo is bottlos.

Words near bottlo in the dictionary

  1. bottling out
  2. bottling plant
  3. bottling plants
  4. bottling up
  5. bottlings
  6. bottlo
  7. bottlos
  8. Botto
  9. bottom
  10. bottom age
  11. bottom aged

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