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bottler¹

  • /ˈbɑtəlɚ/ US
  • /ˈbɑtl̩ɚ/ US
  • [ˈbɑɾl̩ɚ] US

Where it comes from

From Middle English boteller, botullere, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of butler.

noun bottlers

  1. A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk. They shall provide all bottlers with face guards,[…].
  2. A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
  3. UK, slang A person or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.

    Similar: choker

  4. A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.

bottler²

  • /ˈbɑtəlɚ/ US
  • /ˈbɑtl̩ɚ/ US
  • [ˈbɑɾl̩ɚ] US

Where it comes from

* Perhaps from the idea of something being of a high quality and worthy of preservation by bottling, probably from the phrase "good enough to bottle"; compare corker.

* Perhaps a modification of battler, Australian slang of similar meaning.

noun bottlers

  1. Australia, New Zealand, often, slang, with "real" a person or thing that is excellent or admirable. In Kiwi language anyway, the Minister of Industries and Commerce will go down in history as a real bottler in every sense of the word.

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@misc{bottler_2026,
  title = {bottler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}