coke bottle

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A person wearing coke bottle glasses

In allusion to the thick glass traditional Coca-Cola bottles were made of.

coke bottle (not comparable)

1. (of glasses) Having thick lenses.
   • 1989 March 1, Ben Tierney, “High-profile Dissident a Quandary for Beijing”, in Montreal Gazette:

     Short and shy, he seems timid as he looks out through coke-bottle glasses. But for the past several years, 52-year-old astrophysicist Fang Lizhi has been China's best-known dissident - a relentless critic of the ruling Communist party

   • 2013 March 14, A [username], “What I’ve Learned About Wearing Glasses Every Day for 20 Years”, in Alpha Mom‎, comments:

     I just picked out new glasses this week! I’ve worn them since I was 5 and I hated them. They were big brown cokebottle things that threatened to break the bridge of my nose.

   Coke-bottle glasses

2. (of glasses lenses) Thick

Glass bottles of Coca-Cola Light

In allusion to the tapered shape of Coca-Cola bottles.

coke bottle (not comparable)

1. Having a type of styling characterized by wide ends and a narrow midsection.