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JEROBOAM
jeroboam, double-magnum
(noun) a large wine bottle (holds 4/5 of a gallon)
Jeroboam, Jeroboam I
(noun) (Old Testament) first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin (10th century BC)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
jeroboam (plural jeroboams)
Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle.
Etymology
Proper noun
Jeroboam
First king of the Kingdom of Israel.
Noun
Jeroboam (plural Jeroboams)
A bottle of champagne or Burgundy wine containing 3 liters of fluid, four times the volume of a standard bottle.
A bottle of Bordeaux wine containing 4.5 liters of fluid, six times the volume of a standard bottle.
Synonyms
• double magnum
Source: Wiktionary
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