bottle baby

noun

1. an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle baby¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Cowie, who had been a bottle baby, responded first, fighting the current that was up to his chest to head toward the food.

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“They threw away my baby’s diapers, formula, bottle, baby food and clothes. They threw away everything.”

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He was best known for the disco song Cola Bottle Baby, which formed the basis for Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

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She bypasses breezy feel-good sentiment  of so much contemporary country music  dominating the radio airwaves, harking back instead to the deep-reaching songs of Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn:  “I put a hurtin’ on the bottle/Baby now I’m blind enough to see/Been drinkin’ whisky like it’s waters/But that don’t touch the pain you put in me.”

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The song begins with its chorus: “I put a hurtin’ on the bottle/Baby, now I’m blind enough to see/Been drinking whiskey like it’s water/But that don’t touch the pain you put on me.”

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