bottlo
English
Alternative forms
Noun
bottlo (plural bottlos)
- (Australia, informal, obsolete) A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
- (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.
- 2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives, volume 13, page 3169:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- (shop that sells liquor): bottle shop (Australia), liquor store (US), off-licence (UK)
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