jorum
Americannoun
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a large bowl or container for holding drink.
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the contents of such a container.
a jorum of punch.
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a great quantity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of jorum
First recorded in 1720–30; said to be named after Joram, who brought silver, gold, and brass bowls to David (2 Samuel 8:10)
Explanation
A jorum is a large bowl from which you can serve many drinks. You could also call a jorum a punchbowl. If you throw a party and fill a bowl with fruit punch, ladling it into cups for your friends, you can call the bowl a jorum, although most of your guests will probably refer to it as a punchbowl. Not many people still use this eighteenth century word, which may be rooted in a Biblical character, Jorum, who "brought vessels." The Jorum Glacier in Antarctica is named after this word because of the scooped-out bowl shape at its head.
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Then he set the piece down by the fireside, drained his hot jorum, and...
From Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago by Henry William Herbert
"A bone and a jorum whenever you'll come and take it," he said.
From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman
Why, sure you know, Father Philemy, that he wasn't what they call a dhrinking man: once a quarther, or so, he sartinly did take a jorum; and except at these times, he was very sober.
From The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
It—the tank—used to be cleaned out every three days, and a fresh jorum of soup made.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Frank T. Bullen
If he contracts influenza, he swallows a jorum of ammoniated quinine, puts on three waistcoats, and totters into school, where he proceeds to disseminate germs among his not ungrateful charges.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
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