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Jorum

Jorum \Jo"rum\, n. [Perh. corrupted fr. jorden an earthen pot.] A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.]
--Forby.

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jorum

n. 1 (context countable English) a large vessel for drinking 2 (context uncountable English) the contents or quantity of the contents of such a vessel

WordNet
jorum

n. a large drinking bowl

Usage examples of "jorum".

I was just telling myself that you and Father Jorum feel the same way.

And as he spoke he contrived to swallow a jorum of scalding tea, containing in measure somewhat near a pint.

While Mary was preparing the sixth jorum, there came a knock at the door.

Father Jorum always saying that his god wants us to help strangers and those who cannot help themselves?

Before the benches to the left were Charee, Father Jorum, and Mallamet, the cooper whose shop was on Eighth Cross and Cargo Road.

Father Jorum rose from one of the benches to the left and walked forward, past Kharl.

On Friday night Garcia was recovering from a pipe or more of opium, and possibly a jorum of whisky.

Timothy had contrived to make a glorious fire upon the hearth, and to lay out a slight breakfast of biscuits, butter, and cold beef, flanked by a square case-bottle of Jamaica, and a huge jorum of boiled milk.

Then he set the piece down by the fireside, drained his hot jorum, and.

He meditated a mighty draft: one hand was fumbling with his tags, while the other was extended in the act of grasping the jorum, when a knock on the portal, solemn and sonorous, arrested his fingers.

He noticed that his hand was shaking and poured himself a stiff jorum of whiskey.

Garnette stole the bonds and killed Miss Quayne with a jorum of sodium cyanide, he set about it in a most peculiar manner.

It was fun to be furious, his anger gave him forward motion and will and fire, but now he wants to be home in his downy-soft bed with a yellow nasty newsrag and a jorum of hot wine.

Harlem sunsets, a jorum of skee, a chippie with boss getaway sticks, giving a canary the Broderick.

The men were lying scattered about the house, for the most part sleeping as heavily as many jorums of rum made possible.