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- noun Plural form of
bottleholder .
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Examples
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The British mind contemplates the spectacle of American destroyers acting as bottleholders to German submarines with a dazzled astonishment.
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Cai and 'Bias walked away shamefacedly to seek out their bottleholders and collect each his hat, coat, and waistcoat.
Hocken and Hunken Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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And for all else, there were fights behind the school, in those pugilistic days scientifically conducted with seconds and bottleholders, and some
My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886
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