Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gottle o' geer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: got-tle o' geer
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Stereotypical phrase spoken by the dummy of an incompetent ventriloquist

Example Sentences

"‘And a gottle of gear,' said Watson, trying to disguise himself as a dummy."
"Buyer beware: if you think this is a history of end-of-pier gottle of geer merchants, think again"
"On the same bill was a ventriloquist called Arthur Worsley, who had a doll with the catchphrase 'gottle of geer'."

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of the phrase "bottle of beer" with the labial consonants replaced by velars; labials are the hardest English consonants to produce without visible lip movement.

Inflected Forms

gottle o'geer (alternative) gottle of geer (alternative) gottle of gear (alternative)

Rhymes With

to-year y'hear in the ear body gear behind the ear accounting year geometry of fear bicycle landing gear c'mere klerksdorp sphere javelineer bayadère

Questions

What does gottle o' geer mean?: Stereotypical phrase spoken by the dummy of an incompetent ventriloquist
Where does gottle o' geer come from?: Pronunciation spelling of the phrase "bottle of beer" with the labial consonants replaced by velars; labials are the hardest English consonants to produce without visible lip movement.

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