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oh, oh, oh...I know this one! :P

(mostly from my fascination with The Beatles: "And lastly through a hogshead of real fire...", lol)

Anyroad, a hogshead(or hog's head, to clarify pronounciation as well) is a unit of measurement usually about the size of a barrel or a barrel itself, primarily for Alcoholic Beverages.

According to wikipedia, it originally came from "oxhead" and changed over time.

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Between 240 and 250 litres

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