Bottlo

Origin

From bottle + -o.

Alternative forms

• bottle-o

Full definition of bottlo

Noun

1. (Australia, informal, obsolete) A door-to-door trader in used bottles.
2. (Australia, NZ, informal) A shop that sells alcoholic beverages.
• 2008, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives, Volume 13, %22bottlos%22+australia+-intitle:%22bottlo|bottlos%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22bottlo%22|%22bottlos%22+australia+-intitle:%22bottlo|bottlos%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zmMDT5LjIYeZiQf65YDfCA&redir_esc=y page 3169,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.

Synonyms

• (shop that sells liquor) bottle shop, liquor store, off-licence

Anagrams

• blotto