demijohn

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A demijohn

From French dame-jeanne, of uncertain origin.

demijohn (plural demijohns)

A large bottle with a short neck and two small handles at the neck; sometimes encased in wickerwork.
- 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.

bottle