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Demijohn

//ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

    "“Reckon it's first-drink time,” the old prospector cried cheerily, and unearthed Monica's two-gallon demijohn."

  2. 2
    large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork wordnet

Etymology

Partial calque of French dame-jeanne (literally “Lady Jane”), of uncertain origin. Note that the French Jeanne (“Jane, feminine of John”) has changed to the masculine form John, rather than the cognate English Jane.

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