Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial)A person who attends a boxer during a bout.

  2. (broadly, colloquial)One who assists or supports another in a contest; a backer.

Origin

From bottle (“from the bottle of water that is provided to the fighter”) + holder

From bottle (“from the bottle of water that is provided to the fighter”) + holder

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