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He has been drunk three times in the last month; he is a walking demijohn; his hypocrisy a shame to his grey hairs.

The covering of a broken demijohn was used in the manner shown as a waste-paper basket.

They strung out and started for the Antarctic Ocean, with a big old wicker-worked demijohn in the lead.

He lifted the demijohn of whiskey from the table and shook it.

He promptly broke the demijohn, and was knocked down thereupon by one of the drunken sailors.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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