coke bottle en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
In allusion to the thick glass traditional Coca-Cola bottles were made of.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of glasses) Having thick lenses.
Coke-bottle glasses
Short and shy, he seems timid as he looks out through coke-bottle glasses. But for the past several years, 52-year-old astrophysicist Fang Lizhi has been China's best-known dissident - a relentless critic of the ruling Communist party
1989 March 1, Ben Tierney, “High-profile Dissident a Quandary for Beijing”, in Montreal Gazette:Nuggy was a barber, I think a teach-yourself, do-it-yourself barber, he was 70, had Coke bottle glasses and Dad loved him.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 111:I just picked out new glasses this week! I’ve worn them since I was 5 and I hated them. They were big brown cokebottle things that threatened to break the bridge of my nose.
2013 March 14, A [username], “What I’ve Learned About Wearing Glasses Every Day for 20 Years”, in Alpha Mom, comments:
- (not-comparable, of glasses lenses) Thick
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coke bottle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| coke-bottle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Coke-bottle | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cokebottle | alternative | lexicographic |