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Definition of Demijohn
1. Noun. Large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork.
Definition of Demijohn
1. n. A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Definition of Demijohn
1. Noun. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demijohn
1. a narrow-necked jug [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demijohn
Literary usage of Demijohn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of Old Philadelphia by John Thomson Faris (1918)
"VIII WISE AND OTHERWISE SUPERSTITION IN—THE LIFE or A WOMAN WHO MINDS HEB OWN
BUSINESS—BETWEEN NOSE AND CHIN—"NoT JOHN, BUT THE demijohn"—TIME TO BURY WEST ..."
2. Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book by Lyman Cobb (1845)
"He took the demijohn to the watering-trough and poured some of the brandy into
it, and requested his hired man to bring out his horse to the trough. ..."
3. The Romance of Old Philadelphia by John Thomson Faris (1918)
"VIII WISE AND OTHERWISE SUPERSTITION IN—THE LIFE or A WOMAN WHO MINDS HEB OWN
BUSINESS—BETWEEN NOSE AND CHIN—"NoT JOHN, BUT THE demijohn"—TIME TO BURY WEST ..."
4. Cobb's New Sequel to the Juvenile Readers, Or, Fourth Reading Book by Lyman Cobb (1845)
"He took the demijohn to the watering-trough and poured some of the brandy into
it, and requested his hired man to bring out his horse to the trough. ..."
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