Bottleholder

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bottleholder \Bot"tle*hold`er\, n.
     1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called
        from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
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     2. One who assists or supports another in a contest; an


        abettor; a backer. [Colloq.]
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              Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder
              of oppressed states.                  --The London
                                                    Times.
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