bottle-o

British  

noun

1. informal  history a dealer in empty bottles

---

Example Sentences

So next time you chuck a sickie to hit up the bottle-o in your ute for a tinny, you can explain your whereabouts to your unenlightened American friends while maintaining that Aussie mystery about your activities.

From Time

So mother must worry, and father must fuss, But I'll fake these songs to a sadder version When manhood steals the boys from us, And the Bottle-o pinches the Persian!

From Project Gutenberg

Algy and his mother were united, and backed horses together happily ever after, and sometimes out in the back yard of their palatial mansion they hand the empty bottles, free of charge, to a poor old broken-down bottle-O, called Blinky Bill.

From Project Gutenberg

He is more perfect than any alleged "larrikin" or Bottle-O character I have ever attempted to sketch, not even excepting my own beloved Benno.

From Project Gutenberg

And you'll see the women rushing To take in the Monday's washing When they 'ear us crying, "Empty Bottle-O!"

From Project Gutenberg