Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who bottles; specifically, one whose occupation is to bottle wine, spirits, ale, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
- n. Trucks that specialize in transporting bottled goods in crates.
- n. A person or group, especially a sports team, that doesn't meet expectations, particularly prone to failure when success is expected.
- n. a person or thing that is excellent or excites admiration.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a manufacturer that makes and bottles beverages
Examples
“Tweedy's managers started buying into a Latin American bottler at $15 a share and watched the price sink.”
“For a short time she served as president of Cott Beverages, a pioneer private label bottler of soft drinks.”
“The anchor bottler is Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF), followed by Panamerican Beverages, Grupo Continental, Embotelladoras Argos and several smaller family-run firms.”
“Now, Embotelladoras Argos, the fifth largest bottler, is merging with Proyección Corporativa and Empresas El Carmen.”
“Right now we will often drive to Dublin, Texas, where the original Dr. Pepper bottler is located.”
“BANGKOK, June 11 (Reuters) - Shares in Thai bottler Serm Suk PCL fell 2.5 percent after”
“In speaking about Latin American bottler Coca Cola FEMSA (COCSF), this is what Winters had to say:”
“The self-imposed substitution five minutes before time in Bayern's 2-1 Champions League final defeat against Manchester United, for example, led to him being called a bottler by his former team-mate Mehmet Scholl.”
The Guardian: Lothar Matthäus seeks win over England to help end his German exile
“The bottler, which is 32%-owned by Coca-Cola Co. of Atlanta, is taking on Australia's biggest brewers, Foster's Group Ltd. and Lion Nathan Ltd., in the fast-growing premium beer and ready-to-drink spirits market.”
“So, they call a bottler in a city close to, but not affected by, the storm.”
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knitandpurl "something terrific" (Australian slang)
"Yer a bottler, Doll, he said the first night, pressing her up against the cool bricks. Bet yer old man's a millionaire, the way you look."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 153 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition Mar 31, 2010
yarb "As Bridge effectively confirmed he could not bear the thought of playing alongside his England team-mate, friends of Terry responded by suggesting Bridge had long been considered a "bottler" in the dressing room."
- Guardian Unlimited, 25-02-2010. Feb 27, 2010
chained_bear In castle terminology, a person who presided over the buttery. Aug 24, 2008