Demijohn

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

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 recollections of half-forgotten journeys and excursions of our youth by the light of the moon.