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jeroboam
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Jeroboam (French name: jèroboam)was a UK bottle size for wine and champagne. Also refer Wine bottle sizes .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A wine bottle having a capacity of 3 litres.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1816, "large wine bottle," from Jeroboam , "a mighty man of valour" (I Kings xi:28) "who made Israel to sin" (xiv:16), from Hebrew Yarobh'am , literally "let the people increase."
Usage examples of jeroboam.
The Federicos were impressed and adulatory, proposing toast after toast from the jeroboam of Mouton Cadet they had contributed to the meal.
One other point: Laurie has drunk the better part of two jeroboams of champagne today and, as you see, remains unaffected.
His pinched, drawn face, topped by plastered hair, was the countenance of Jeroboam Twingle, the personality which the Wasp had assumed to trick the directors of Amalgamated Export, and their president, Craig Upman.
AT the offices of Amalgamated Export, Jeroboam Twingle was ushered in to see Craig Upman.
The directors saw the genial, almost thankful smile that Jeroboam Twingle gave in return.
Calling their homes, the commissioner learned that all were dining out with a gentleman named Jeroboam Twingle, lately arrived from Central America.
The Shadow no longer doubted that the man who called himself Jeroboam Twingle was actually the Wasp.
As Jeroboam Twingle, the cunning crime master had definitely given up his New York apartment.
For some reason, the Wasp, posing as Jeroboam Twingle, needed to use Amalgamated Export.
Among those papers were letters addressed to Jeroboam Twingle, proving the connection between Gopher and the Wasp, though such proof was hardly necessary.
The strife between Rehoboam and Jeroboam led to centuries of warfare between their descendants, with the result that the tribes of Israel were scattered and disrupted.
The followers of Jeroboam declared themselves rightful and valid in kingly succession, and the supporters of Rehoboam made the same claim.
Among the delegates was Jeroboam who had hurriedly been sent for from Egypt as soon as King Solomon died, and whose presence must certainly have warned Rehoboam that he faced a critical situation.
Explain, then, in what way this sorceress set Absalom against his father and Jeroboam against his master.
Trying not to waste the light, he hurried forward, stumbling over a large glass jeroboam on a marble pedestal, filled with what looked like a huge floating bag.