Definitions

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  • noun Australia, informal, obsolete A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
  • noun Australia, New Zealand, informal A bottle shop.

Etymologies

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From bottle +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

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Examples

  • Bikkies are cookies, a bottle-o is a liquor store, an esky is a cooler, university is uni and if someone tells you they’ll see you this arvo, it means this afternoon.

    Happy Australia Day! Brilynn 2007

  • Bikkies are cookies, a bottle-o is a liquor store, an esky is a cooler, university is uni and if someone tells you they’ll see you this arvo, it means this afternoon.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Brilynn 2007

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