bottlesworth
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- The quantity contained in a bottle.
- 1967, Chemistry: Handbook for teachers, Nuffield Foundation:
- The facts are that, say, one of these 'bottlesworth' of this element and two of these 'bottlesworth' of this other element react to give this one 'bottlesworth' of this compound.
- 1973, The Spectator, volume 231, page 719:
- A hogshead will yield something like 240 or 250 bottlesworth: the quantity is not constant, depending possibly on the temperament of the EEC citizen who poured in the wine in the first place.