gin bottle en · NOUN
Meanings
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(obsolete, slang) A person addicted to drinking gin.
"I and a friend happened to be renting a room over it at the time the old woman who owned it fell downstairs and damaged herself severely. Old Mrs Dibble, round in Abbot Street." "That old gin-bottle! I thought she only ran a marine store or a junk shop."
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 88:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gin bottles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |