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jeroboam

 
Dictionary: jer·o·bo·am   (jĕr'ə-bō'əm) pronunciation
n.
A wine bottle holding 4/5 of a gallon (3.03 liters).

[After Jeroboam I (died c. 901 B.C.), king of northern Israel.]


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an oversize wine bottle holding about four 26-ounce quarts
 
 

 

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