jeroboam
(dʒɛrəʊˈbəʊæm)
[So called in allusion to Jeroboam, ‘a mighty man of valour’ (1 Kings xi. 28), ‘who made Israel to sin’ (xiv. 16).]
A large bowl or goblet; a very large wine-bottle.
| 1816 Scott Bl. Dwarf xiii, Or make a brandy jeroboam in a frosty morning. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Jeroboam, a capacious bowl or goblet; otherwise, and more generally, called a Joram. 1889 Daily News 27 July 5/5 Enormous bottles of fabulous content called ‘Jeroboams’, which some say contain 10, others 12 ordinary bottles. |