demijohn
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Etymology [edit]
From French dame-jeanne, of uncertain origin.
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demijohn (plural demijohns)
- A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter VIII
- “Reckon it's first-drink time,” the old prospector cried cheerily, and unearthed Monica's two-gallon demijohn.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 234:
- Toby, placing his gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose, set our dinner to simmer and uncorked a demijohn of the old Verfeuille red which glowed in our glasses with the embers of old recollections of half-forgotten journeys and excursions of our youth by the light of the moon.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter VIII
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bottle
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