bottle glass
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bottle glass
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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Even bottle glass was valuable for shaping arrowheads.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2015
"We found bottle glass -- possibly from wine or spirit bottles -- copper nails, tent canvas, twine, rope ... we found some pieces of clay tobacco smoking pipes," said Jonathan Moore of Parks Canada.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 2, 2011
Last week dozens of big and little corporations selling biscuits, brake shoes, dynamos, table salt, telephones, bottle glass, gum and gas machines reported their profits and losses for the first half of 1934.
From Time Magazine Archive
He painstakingly built a cage out of a soap box, using a razor blade and pieces of bottle glass as tools.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were circles of charcoal, tire tracks off side roads and, since the men came back from the war, broken bottle glass all over the reservation.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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