Tom, stubborn as he was, refused to change to the sensible metric system, preferring to measure volume in hogsheads instead.
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Hogsheads
Synonyms for "hogsheads" (6 found)
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3 entriesale hogsheadbeer hogsheadwine hogshead
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6 entrieshogshead capacityhogshead sizehogsheads of winelarge hogsheadwine hogsheadwooden hogshead
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In 1814, Thomas Spalding made on Sapelo Island, in lat. 31 1⁄2, as much as 95 hogsheads of excellent sugar, equal to Jamaica, from Canes he had planted there.
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