English
Etymology 1
�bottle� + �-er�.
Noun
en-noun
- A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
- Trucks that specialize in transporting bottled goods in crates.
- context|British|slang A person or group, especially a sports team, that doesn't meet expectations, particularly prone to failure when success is expected.
Synonyms
italbrac-colon|person or group prone to unexpected failure choker
Etymology 2
Origin obscure; the final -er is shared by a number of synonymous expressive words, the earliest of which is perhaps �bonzer�.
Noun
en-noun
- context|Australia|slang a person or thing that is excellent or excites admiration.
References
R:American Heritage 2000|bottler
R:Dictionary.com|bottler
R:WordNet 2003|bottler
Category:Slang
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