Definition of Demijohn

1. Noun. Large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork.

Generic synonyms: Bottle

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

demiflats
demigauntlet
demigauntlet bandage
demiglace
demiglaces
demiglaze
demigod
demigoddess
demigoddesses
demigodhood
demigods
demigorge
demigorges
demigration
demigrations
demijohn (current term)
demijohns
demilance
demilancer
demilancers
demilances
demilitarisation
demilitarisations
demilitarise
demilitarised
demilitarises
demilitarising
demilitarization
demilitarizations
demilitarize

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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