(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
Perhaps from the idea of something being of a high quality and worthy of preservation by bottling, probably from the phrase "good enough to bottle"; compare corker.
Perhaps a modification of battler, Australian slang of similar meaning.
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名词Noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, often with "real") a person or thing that is excellent or admirable.