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ˈthumb-bottle ? dial.
A small flask, a phial.
1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 92 Put a Penny⁓worth of the Spirit of Vitriol in a Thumb Bottle. 1782Wolcott (P. Pindar) Odes R. Acad. iii. 48 A walking thumb-bottle of aqua-fortis. 1830–3Carleton Traits Irish Peas. (1843) I. 44 If I don't cork you in a thumb-bottle for this, I'm not here. |