bottler

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑtəlɚ/, /ˈbɑtl̩ɚ/, [ˈbɑɾl̩ɚ]
Audio (AU) (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English boteller, botullere, equivalent to bottle +‎ -er.

Noun

bottler (plural bottlers)

A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
- 1899, John Calder, The Prevention of Factory Accidents‎, page 307:
  They shall provide all bottlers with face guards, […] .
- 1994 May 30, Shawn Willett, PC tools help Coke add life to flat AS/400 data, InfoWorld, page 63,
  Such data is of great value both to the bottlers and to Coca-Cola′s sales and marketing groups.
  “When the bottler looks at this information, he might be interested in how a certain supermarket is performing, while we in the company are interested in how much, for example, McDonald’s is buying in the Southeast,” Aviles notes.
- 2010, James M. Wahlen, Clyde P. Stickney, Paul Brown, Stephen P. Baginski, Mark Bradshaw, Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective, 7th edition, page 278,
  Note 8, “Noncontrolled Bottling Affiliates” (Appendix A), indicates that PepsiCo owns approximately 40 percent of the common stock of some of its bottlers.
A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
(Britain, slang) A person who or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.
A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.

Synonyms

(person or group prone to unexpected failure): choker

Derived terms

water bottler

Related terms

butler

Etymology 2

Origin relates to something being of a high quality and worthy of preservation by bottling, probably from the phrase "good enough to bottle"; compare corker.

Noun

bottler (plural bottlers)

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, often with "real") a person or thing that is excellent or admirable.
- 1970, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates‎, page 455:
  In Kiwi language anyway, the Minister of Industries and Commerce will go down in history as a real bottler in every sense of the word.
- 2007, Anthony David Parsons, Tony Parsons, Valley of the White Gold, unnumbered page,
  Mum's a real bottler and you′ll find her very sympathetic.
- 2010, Drew Hunt, Colin and Martin′s London Christmas‎, page 7:
  “You′re a real bottler, mate. That sheila has been trying to get into my pants ever since Sydney. Didn't know how I′d get rid of her.”

References

“bottler”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“bottler”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"bottler" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

Roblett, Tolbert, blotter