Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thick strong bottle, usually made of green or black glass.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word junk-bottle.
Examples
-
It receives its name from its resemblance in shape to a junk-bottle.
Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
-
So the man laughed, and opened his mouth; and Jackson made him step out under the scuttle, where the light came down from deck; and then made him throw his head back, while he looked into it, and probed a little with his jackknife, like a baboon peering into a junk-bottle.
Redburn. His First Voyage Herman Melville 1855
-
_ Send a junk-bottle to the butcher, and have several gall-bladders emptied into it.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Catharine Esther Beecher 1839
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.