BOTTLE
ADJECTIVES
.M18 ► DEAD finished, empty; said of a bottle → sl.
NOUNS
..L17 ► BAWDY-HOUSE BOTTLE a particularly small bottle → sl.
1700 ► DEAD MEN empty bottles, at a drinking-bout, etc. → colloq.
1736 ► BOT a bottle → colloq.
1755 ► MAGNUM BONUM a bottle containing two quarts of wine or spirits or the contents of it → Sc.
1763 ► GARDEVINE a wine bottle; a square bottle, generally holding two quarts → Sc. obs.
1785 ► MARINE OFFICER an empty bottle → sl.
..L18 ► GLAZE a bottle → US criminals’ sl.
..L18 ► MARINE RECRUIT an empty bottle → sl.
..L18 ► MOLL THOMPSON’S MARK an empty bottle → sl.
1811 ► CAMP-CANDLESTICK an empty bottle → military sl.
1816 ► JEROBOAM a very large wine-bottle
1820 ► SCOTCH PINT a bottle holding two quarts → sl.
1831 ► DEAD MARINE a bottle which had contained beer, whisky, etc., but is now empty → sl.
1831 ► MARINE an empty bottle or container → sl.
1848 ► CLOOP a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle
.M19 ► BABY a small or half-sized bottle, whether of spirits or a non-alcoholic drink; orig. soda water → sl.
.M19 ► LUSH BETTY a whisky bottle → US sl.
1852 ► CROFT a carafe, a glass water bottle
1861 ► JEMMY-JOHN a demijohn → sl.
1861 ► KICK an indentation in the bottom of a glass bottle, diminishing the internal capacity
1866 ► SACK a bottle → Sc.
1877 ► ELBOW the conical hollow in the bottom of a wine bottle → Eng. dial.
1880 ► CHARMING MOTTLE a bottle → Aust. rhyming sl.
1890 ► BOUNCING CHEAT → BOUNCING CHIT a bottle → thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
1897 ► ARISTOTLE a bottle → Aust. rhyming sl.
1899 ► DEAD SOLDIER an empty alcohol bottle or beer can → US sl.
..L19 ► ARI → ARRIS → ARRY → HARRIS a bottle → rhyming sl./abbreviation for ‘Aristotle’
..L19 ► CHARMING MOTTLE a bottle → Aust. rhyming sl.
..L19 ► PODDY a bottle of alcohol → Aust. sl.
..20C ► DEAD ‘UN an empty bottle → sl.
..20C ► DEAD RECRUIT an empty bottle → sl.
1900 ► DEADHEAD a bottle of wine or spirits that has been emptied → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► ENTIES empty bottles; ’empties’ → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► REHOBOAM a quadruple magnum: usually of champagne → sl. (Bk.)
1907 ► LONGNECKER a liquor or beer bottle, esp. one with an elongated neck → Amer. dial.
1909 ► OLD SOLDIER an empty bottle or container → US sl.
1914 ► EMPTY a bottle once containing alcohol → sl.
1914 ► MICKEY → MICKIE a small bottle of wine or spirits → sl., chiefly Can. & African-American
1918 ► DEAD DOG a drained liquor bottle → US Navy sl.
1929 ► OIL CAN a liquor bottle → Amer. sl.
1945 ► SOLDIER a bottle of alcohol; a can of beer → US sl.
1957 ► STUBBIE → STUBBY a dumpy beer bottle → Aust. sl.
1960 ► DEAD INDIAN an empty bottle → US sl.
1969 ► LONGNECK a liquor or beer bottle, esp. one with an elongated neck → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CORNER the last drop in the bottle → Amer. dial.
1970 ► DARWIN STUBBY an extra-large beer bottle, introduced in 1958 at 80 fl. oz.; increased in 1973 to 2.25 litres, and in 1982 to 2 litres → Aust. sl.
1988 ► GLASS CHEQUE a bottle with a deposit on it → Sc. sl.
1991 ► WOUNDED SOLDIER a bottle or can of beer that has been partly consumed → US sl.
2006 ► CORPSE an empty liquor or beer bottle → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DEAD ONE an empty liquor or beer bottle → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DUMMY an empty liquor or beer bottle → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► EM → EMM an empty liquor bottle → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1425 ► BOTTLER a bottle maker → obs.
1898 ► BOTTLE-O → BOTTLE-OH a person who collects and sells used bottles → Aust.
VERBS
1500 ► CRACK to open a bottle or can for the purpose of drinking; hence, to open
1848 ► GUGGLE to make a noise like water running out of a narrow-mouthed bottle (Bk.)
1872 ► CLOOP to make a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle
1911 ► BREAK to open a full bottle → Sc. (Bk.)
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