junk bottlen.
/ˈdʒʌŋk bɒtl/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋk ˌbɑd(ə)l/ U.S. Now historical.
A cylindrical bottle made of thick green or dark glass, commonly used to contain ale or porter.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > thick or strong
junk bottle1769
1769–70 F. W. Hunter in Stiegel Glass (1914) 181 Junk bottles.
1786 Connecticut Courant 29 May (advt.) Drugs, Medicines and Groceries... Junk Bottles, Corks..&c. &c.
1797 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 20 June The following Lines were found in a Junk Bottle.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. vii. 224 Stopping to take a lusty dinner, and bracing to his side his junk bottle, well charged with heart inspiring Hollands.
1836 H. Smith Let. 18 Nov. in Q. Texas State Hist. Assoc. (1910) 14 39 Balls were made of drawing chains wound up to suit the caliber, and slugs cut of square bar iron and junk bottles filled with buck shot.
1881 E. H. Elwell in Coll. Maine Hist. Soc. (1887) IX. 217 Sawyer drank the last drop of rum from his junk bottle.
1912 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 26 Dec. 15/5 Be perfectly round, like a junk bottle, and just dark enough so that nobody can see what's in you.
1978 H. McKearin & K. M. Wilson Amer. Bottles & Flasks 232/1 (caption) Junk bottle from which a corkscrew is removing the cork with a ‘pop’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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