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ˈsuck-ˌbottle
[f. suck- + bottle n.]
1. An infant's feeding-bottle. (Cf. sucking-bottle.)
1641Brome Joviall Crew v. Wks. 1873 450 Nephew Martin, still the Childe with a Suck-bottle of Sack. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland xxvi. 123 Rain-deers milk..is grosser and thicker then they can well draw out of a suck-bottle. 1709[W. King] Usef. Trans. Philos. Mar. & Apr. 56 The Child must have Presents of Silver Caudle-Cups, Porringers, Spoons, and Suck-Bottles. 1853Househ. Words VIII. 146/1 They will furnish you with every assistance you can want; a valet-de-chambre,..a nurse-maid, and, thanks to the suck-bottle, even a nurse.
2. A tippler. Also as a quasi-proper name.
a1652Brome Love-sick Crt. v. ii, What sayes old Suck-bottle? 1707Ward Terræ-filius No. 2. 9 Such a Swill-Belly'd Suck-Bottle. |