bottler

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑtəlɚ/, /ˈbɑtl̩ɚ/, [ˈbɑɾl̩ɚ]

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

bottler (plural bottlers)

1. 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, McDonalds 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.

2. A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
3. (Britain, slang) A person who or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.
4. A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.

• (person or group prone to unexpected failure): choker

• water bottler

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.

bottler (plural bottlers)

1. (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.”

• “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.

• Roblett, Tolbert, blotter