Empty+bottles
121tie one on — American to go on a carouse The etymology of this phrase is unexplained: We could tie one good one on, two days, three days, five empty bottles at the foot of the bed. (Mailer, 1965) …
122dead men — 1. Empty bottles (at a banquet). 2. Hanging gasket ends, dangling reef ends …
123bottle bank — noun (C) a container in the street that you put empty bottles into, so that the glass can be used again …
124drunk — drunk, drunken, intoxicated, inebriated, tipsy, tight are comparable when they mean being conspicuously under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Drunk and drunken are the plainspoken, direct, and inclusive terms {drunk as a fiddler} {drunk as… …
125bottle bank — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bottle bank : singular bottle bank plural bottle banks British a large container in a public place where people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be recycled (= used again) …
126ˈbottle ˌbank — noun [C] British a large container in a public place where people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be RECYCLED (= used again) …
127bottle-drive — /ˈbɒtl draɪv/ (say botl druyv) noun the collection of saleable empty bottles to raise money for a particular cause …
128bottle-oh — /ˈbɒtl oʊ/ (say botl oh) noun Colloquial 1. Also, bottle o. (formerly) someone who collected empty bottles for sale or re use. 2. → bottler1 (def. 2). {def. 1 from the dealer s cry bottle oh} …
