bottle green ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a deep green.
Origin of bottle green First recorded in 1810–20 Related formsbot·tle-green, adjective Examples from the Web for bottle green Historical Examples of bottle green
The bottle-green suit had been brushed, ready for the morrow.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
I am matching your ties and socks for your bottle-green suit, sir.
William John Locke
Not a break appeared in the wall of bottle-green that was the forest at their back.
Roy J. Snell
It had a bottle-green body and silver wings that glistened like glass in the sun.
Roy J. Snell
He wore a bottle-green redingote, buttoned to the chin, and a stovepipe hat.
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British Dictionary definitions for bottle green bottle green noun, adjective
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- a dark green colour
- (as adjective)a bottle-green car