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Bottleholder   Listen
noun
Bottleholder  n.  
1.
One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
2.
One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer. (Colloq.) "Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder of oppressed states."






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"Bottleholder" Quotes from Famous Books



... "He would gladly be bottleholder, you know," she remarked to the count. "He's in hopes of repeating what he did with little Jonquier. You remember: Jonquier was Rose's man, but he was sweet on big Laure. Now Mignon procured Laure for Jonquier and then came back arm in arm with him to Rose, as if he were a husband who had been ...
— Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille • Emile Zola



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