bottle party

noun

1. a party at which guests contribute their own liquor.

bottle party

noun

1. a party to which guests bring drink

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle party¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In Bottle Party, a fool named Frank becomes the owner of two bottles, one containing a clever genie and the other imprisoning the most beautiful girl in the world.

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In Bottle Party, a bachelor, browsing through an old curiosity shop, finds a bottle in which a jinni is stoppered.

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But any group of Michigan students determined to throw a bottle party in their quarters could think of dozens of speakeasy tricks to foil the campus cops.

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Negotiations culminated in a grand feast and bottle party on Mississippi's quarterdeck.

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