bottle holdern.
/ˈbɒtl ˌhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəl ˌhoʊldər/ 1.
a. A person who holds a bottle; spec. a second (second n.2 9b) responsible for a contestant's water bottle during a boxing match (now historical).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer's second
second1743
bottle holder1787
handler1879
corner1952
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person
helpa1325
yeoman1363
suffragana1450
assistant?1541
under-minister1543
under-aid1579
under-fellowa1586
adjutant1622
deacon1642
under-builder1651
subsidiary1661
under-instrument1673
helper1686
understrappera1704
âme damnée1797
bottle holder1816
acolyte1829
cad1836
bellows-blower1865
sidekick1893
side-kicker1894
Watson1927
stooge1955
1787 Whitehall Evening-post 18–20 Dec. The combatants appeared..with their respective seconds;..Mendoza as the bottle-holder to the first.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 208 Tutors, dependants, and bottle-holders of every description.
1826 National Advocate 1 Feb. 2/3 Jerry was bottle holder; Dick held the stop watch..; Elec was judge.
1889 R. K. Fox Boxing 11 Seconds and bottle-holders should be men well versed in the rules of the art.
1920 Lit. Digest 17 Apr. 148/2 He had asked his bottle-holder for a mouthful of water and thereby confessed to a dry mouth.
1985 P. Anthony With Tangled Skein (1986) ii. 35 The wine gave them persistent insolence... ‘Please go away,’ she said at last. ‘But we just got here!’ the bottle-holder said.
2005 B. Petersen Gentleman Bruiser vi. 226 The seconds for Slavin were Tom Williams..and Tom Burrows, the champion lightweight of Australia, with Jack Slavin as bottleholder.
b. figurative. A supporter or backer, esp. in a conflict; an ally; a defender; an apologist. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [noun] > that which or one who supports > one who
uptakera1340
holder-upc1374
upbearer1387
bearera1398
undernimmera1400
weighera1400
upholderc1403
ally1406
allya1431
godfather?1541
propper1549
tower of strength1549
backer1583
moyener?1591
backfriend1599
stayer1611
suppositor1629
susceptor1652
standby1712
bottle holder1788
understander1875
buddy1893
anchorman1895
backer-up1921
1788 C. Dibdin Musical Tour xv. 51 It would be unhandsome to bring you as my second, or even bottle-holder.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. v. 442 His Majesty's bottleholder in that battle with the Finance Nightmares and Imbroglios.
1898 Rev. of Reviews July 539/1 Those Powers which..acted as bottleholders for the Americans.
1934 Sat. Rev. 19 May 569/1 Some of the government's simple-minded bottle-holders in the Indo-English press have hailed this development as an encouraging sign.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Apr. 445/3 The over-emphasis which Shaw, like his ritual antagonist Chesterton, so often adopted devalued both of them as bottle-holders for Dickens.
2. A device or receptacle for holding a bottle or bottles, esp. one which holds an (open) bottle in an upright position.
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1839 Repertory Patent Inventions 12 156 An apparatus for holding bottles combined with a cork-screw... When the cork is drawn.., the bottle-holder and bottle may be slided [sic] away and the bottle removed.
1899 Boston Globe 4 Dec. 2/2 Miss Emma Miller..sold the bottle-holder in which the poison was sent.
1919 Pop. Sci. July 34/3 A bottle holder..will keep the bottle aimed directly at the baby's lips... He cannot choose but eat.
1953 Jet 26 Mar. 37 A sturdy new-style, metal bottle holder..will hang inside the car from any window.
1993 Yachting Feb. 40/2 Safely stowing wine and liquor bottles..can be a problem. I solved it by making a sliding bottle-holder.
2005 K. Brian Megan Meade's Guide to McGowan Boys vi. 82 She slipped the Gatorade bottle into the bottle holder, hopped on, and pedaled toward school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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