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Definition of Bottle bank
1. Noun. A place where bottles can be deposited for recycling.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Bottle bank
1. Noun. A large container into which bottles are placed for recycling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottle Bank
Literary usage of Bottle bank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Aeliana, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity (1880)
"bottle bank and the riverside comprised the greater portion of the trade of the
town. ... The bottle bank of Whitehead's day was less limited than now. ..."
2. An Impartial History of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Its by John Baillie (1801)
"... but the principal one runs from the Bridge-end, up the Bottle-bank, ...
running call from the foot of the Bottle-bank, which, making a curve, ..."
3. The Monthly Chronicle of North Country Lore and Legend (1889)
"... and before Church Street, in Gateshead, was made, it was under the necessity
of ascending the equally steep bottle bank. On reaching the Gateshead Toll ..."
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