THROTTLEBOTTOM


Meaning of THROTTLEBOTTOM in English

/throt"l bot'euhm/ , n. ( sometimes l.c. )

a harmless incompetent in public office.

[ after Alexander Throttlebottom, character in Of Thee I Sing (1932), musical comedy by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .