demijohn
Meanings
noun
- A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
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Etymology
Partial calque of French dame-jeanne (literally “Lady Jane”), of uncertain origin. Note that the French Jeanne (“Jane, feminine of John”) has changed to the masculine form John, rather than the cognate English Jane.
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