Jeroboam
noun
the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
Jeroboam
American
[jer-uh-boh-uhm]
/ ˌdʒɛr əˈboʊ əm /
noun
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the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
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(lowercase) a large wine bottle having a capacity of about four ordinary bottles or 3 liters (3.3 quarts).
Jeroboam
1
British
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /
noun
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the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?922–?901 bc )
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king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?786–?746 bc )
jeroboam
2
British
/ ˌdʒɛrəˈbəʊəm /
noun
Etymology
Origin of jeroboam
C19: humorous allusion to Jeroboam (sense 1), described as a ``mighty man of valour'' (I Kings 11:28) who ``made Israel to sin'' (I Kings 14:16)
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He never seemed to find the right occasion for a Jeroboam, which contains the equivalent of four regular bottles of wine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
His son hopped online to research its value and stumbled across an article in the Drinks Business about Bonhams Skinner selling a 1971 La Tâche Jeroboam in October for $81,250.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023
She has named Cornucopia’s regions after their culinary specialties: Chouxville for pastry, Kurdsburg for cheese, Baronstown for meat, Jeroboam for wine.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2020
Current excavators favour a construction date in the first half of the eighth century bc, during the reign of Jeroboam II; a few think the structure is not a stable, but storehouses or barracks.
From Nature ● Feb. 25, 2020
Of its two parts, i.-iii. reflects the wealth and prosperity of the reign of Jeroboam II., whilst iv.-xiv. contains frequent references to the social disorder and anarchy of the subsequent years.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
His cherubic face defaults to a broad smile, and his voice, instantly recognizable from across a canyon or a crowded restaurant, is oversize and jolly, a jeroboam at a dinner party.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
There were also a few double magnums, and one jeroboam: six bottles.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
When a character in a movie or TV show says the word “brunch,” it is generally taken as a signal that this is a scene of pretentious, possible jeroboam of champagne swilling clueless excess.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2014
Each lot carries a high estimate of $30,000, while two three-magnum lots are on sale at $15,000 each and a jeroboam at $10,000.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 22, 2012
"Or make a brandy jeroboam in a frosty morning, without license from a commissioner of excise," said the smuggler.
From The Black Dwarf by Scott, Walter, Sir
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