jeroboam
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His cherubic face defaults to a broad smile, and his voice, instantly recognizable from across a canyon or a crowded restaurant, is oversize and jolly, a jeroboam at a dinner party.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
There were also a few double magnums, and one jeroboam: six bottles.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017
When a character in a movie or TV show says the word “brunch,” it is generally taken as a signal that this is a scene of pretentious, possible jeroboam of champagne swilling clueless excess.
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2014
Each lot carries a high estimate of $30,000, while two three-magnum lots are on sale at $15,000 each and a jeroboam at $10,000.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 22, 2012
"Or make a brandy jeroboam in a frosty morning, without license from a commissioner of excise," said the smuggler.
From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir
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