bottlo

noun — 2 senses

bottlo

noun

Etymology From bottle + -o.

1

Australia, Informal, Obsolete A door-to-door trader in used bottles.

2

Australia, New Zealand, Informal A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.

My local bottlo tells me that the sales of ready-to-drinks have slightly decreased but there has been a sharp increase in the sale of 750-millilitre bottles of straight spirits.2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives, volume 13, page 3169:

Synonyms: bottle shop, liquor store, off-licence

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