demijohn
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɛmɪdʒɒn/
demijohn (plural demijohns)
- A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 234:
- 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.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 234:
- French: dame-jeanne, tourie
- German: Glasballon, Korbflasche
- Italian: damigiana
- Portuguese: garrafão
- Russian: буты́ль
- Spanish: damajuana
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