OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30901

demijohn

/ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
damajuana
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
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…
“Reckon it's first-drink time,” the old prospector cried cheerily, and unearthed Monica's two-gallon demijohn.
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