the first king of the Biblical kingdom of the Hebrews in N Palestine.
(lowercase) a large wine bottle having a capacity of about four ordinary bottles or 3 liters (3.3 quarts).
the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?922–?901 bc )
king of the northern kingdom of Israel (?786–?746 bc )
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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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
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
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
After Renaldo Maurice crouched and collapsed to the floor, Jeroboam Bozeman collected his body and propped him up so that they sat back to back.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2017
It was to Jeroboam's interest, no less than Shishak's, that this connection should continue after Jeroboam became king of Israel.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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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