jeroboam
noun/ˌdʒerəˈbəʊəm/
/ˌdʒerəˈbəʊəm/
- a wine bottle that holds four or six times as much wine as an ordinary bottle compare methuselah, nebuchadnezzar, rehoboamWord Originearly 19th cent.: named after Jeroboam, a king of Israel in the Bible, “who made Israel to sin” (1 Kings 11:28, 14:16).
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