Etymology

fair suck of the sauce bottle

fair suck of the sauce bot·tle

Today it means: A fair chance, a reasonable opportunity; a fair go. Full definition →

First used 1970s
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The story

An elaboration of fair go (used in protest to implore or demand that someone act with more fairness or reason). Sauce bottle appears to refer to a bottle of cheap beer or another alcoholic beverage; see sauce (“(slang) alcohol, booze”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1970s A fair chance, a reasonable opportunity; a fair go.
  • from 1970s Used to protest against unreasonableness, such as somebody taking more than their fair share.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.