Coke bottlen.
/ˈkəʊk ˌbɒtl/, U.S. /ˈkoʊk ˌbɑd(ə)l/ 1. A bottle used for Coca-Cola, originally and typically made of glass and having a thick bottom and a characteristic curved shape which narrows at the neck and just above the base.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > bottle > for aerated waters
pop bottle1848
siphon bottle1856
siphon1875
lemonade bottle1972
1912 Sarasota (Florida) Times 24 Oct. 1/2 How it feels to be..hit upon the bean with a coke bottle.
1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle viii. 81 How patient he was picking up bobby pins and the caps of coke bottles.
1970 J. Bouton Ball Four ii. 67 Ryne wore glasses that looked like the bottoms of Coke bottles, and he'd be sort of steered out to the [pitcher's] mound.
2012 W. Cohu Wolf Pit (2013) 75 He had an old estate car..full of empty Coke bottles and fag butts.
2. colloquial (originally U.S.). In plural. Very thick lenses for glasses, or glasses with such lenses; = Coke-bottle glasses, Coke-bottle lenses.
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other types of spectacles
half-moon glasses1607
half-moon spectacles1607
blinkers1732
temple-spectacles1762
reading glass1853
distance glasses1864
horn spectacles1893
bifocal1899
trifocal1899
horn-rims1927
harlequin spectacles1940
harlequin glasses1945
library frame1948
aviator1951
library glasses1959
library spectacles1962
multifocals1962
wire-rim1968
the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > lens of spectacles > types of
pebble1688
distance lens1907
omnifocal1962
toric1962
varifocal1975
1982 L. Critchley Dream of Spring xvi. 127 Bruce smiled, looking pretty good. I knew he would without the coke bottles masking him and magnifying his eyes.
1994 Evening Standard (Nexis) 26 Apr. 23 Hillary chucked out the Coke-bottles, dyed the hair and plastered on more style than any First Lady since the immortal Jackie.
2021 @Strong_Brew 11 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Aug. 2021) My prescription means I have to buy high refractive indexes to not have total coke bottles.
Compounds
C1.
a. As a modifier, designating a body shape resembling a Coke bottle, esp. that of a woman with a full bust, narrow waist, and curvaceous hips; as in Coke-bottle body, Coke-bottle figure, etc.Used humorously in quot. 1943.
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1943 Gateway (Univ. Alberta) 5 Nov. 7/3 I am blessed with a coke bottle figure; 23 waist, and an 18 chest.
1973 N.Y. Amsterdam News 6 Jan. b2/3 Another campus beauty queen sporting the same coke bottle figure she arrived on campus with nearly ‘three decades ago’.
2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 2 July f1 She..defies her diminutive size and suspends her coke bottle body horizontal to the pole, proving that pole work is all about core strength.
2019 @okmickeyy 28 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 12 Feb. 2022) I think it'll [sc. a dress] look cute on me but not too much cause I don't have a coke bottle physique lol.
b. As a modifier, designating styling on an aeroplane, car, etc., characterized by a middle section that curves slightly inwards; as in Coke-bottle design, Coke-bottle shape, etc.
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1954 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. 7/1 In ‘profile’ the new craft appears sleek with the swept-back wings of a modern jet fighter, but it is necessary to look from above to see..her ‘Coke bottle’ shape.
1967 Guardian 16 Oct. 4/1 The attractive ‘coke-bottle’ styling of the Viva has been successfully upgraded on the new range with its swept-up, sharply indented waistline.
2004 D. Scott & A. Leonov Two Sides of Moon iii. 95 They were beautiful machines with what was known as a ‘coke-bottle’ design, because the fuselage of the plane tapered in the middle to give them less drag so they could go supersonic.
2010 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Nov. (Wheels section) 14 The ‘Coke bottle’ effect (the belt line rises over the front and rear wheels and dips in the middle) can also be seen in plain view—from above, there is a pronounced wasp waist.
C2. As a modifier, designating very thick lenses for glasses, or glasses with such lenses; as in Coke-bottle glasses, Coke-bottle lenses, etc.With allusion to the thick glass bottom of the traditional or typical Coca-Cola bottle (see sense 1).
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the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > other types of spectacles
half-moon glasses1607
half-moon spectacles1607
blinkers1732
temple-spectacles1762
reading glass1853
distance glasses1864
horn spectacles1893
bifocal1899
trifocal1899
horn-rims1927
harlequin spectacles1940
harlequin glasses1945
library frame1948
aviator1951
library glasses1959
library spectacles1962
multifocals1962
wire-rim1968
the world > health and disease > healing > ophthalmology or optometry > aids to defective vision > [noun] > spectacles > lens of spectacles > types of
pebble1688
distance lens1907
omnifocal1962
toric1962
varifocal1975
1956 Petaluma (Calif.) Argus-Courier 27 Nov. 12/8 During my unscheduled half-gainer my Coke-bottle glasses stayed on, but I did lose my cap.
1966 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 9 Dec. (Home ed.) 19/1 The near-sighted owner of a dusty second-hand book store.., peering frantically through Coke-bottle lenses.
1983 E. Head & P. Calistro Edith Head's Hollywood vi. 99 A five-foot-tall female costume designer..with..Coke-bottle specs, and a decidedly rigid demeanor was suddenly making more than just inroads to stardom.
2019 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 17 Oct. Wearing thick-lensed glasses,..[he] had no problem performing his work as a dentist. Playing sports with the Coke-bottle spectacles on was another matter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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