Words & TermsFood and drink
bottle-o
A bottle shop or liquor store; historically also a bottle collector.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “Bottle-o” means a bottle shop or liquor store; historically also a bottle collector.
Where it came from
Bottle-o is a characteristic Australian colloquial shortening; historical Australian evidence also records the bottle-collector sense.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established