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bottle-o

  • /ˈbɒtələʊ/
  • [ˈbɔɾl̩əʉ] Australia

noun bottle-os · bottlo · bottle-oh

  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.

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@misc{bottle_o_2026,
  title = {bottle-o},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottle-o},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}