demijohn

• The demijohn was introduced, and all paid their respects to it. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Citizen-soldier, by John Beatty.
• Then, pointing with my finger, I showed him, in a corner of the kitchen, a chair with all the straw gone, and on this chair a two- gallon demijohn: 'There is my cave, monsieur If the country professor was embarrassed by the chilliness of the other, he was none the less shocked by his attitude. —  Fabre, Poet of Science
• In the case of soldiers on "extra duty," each was to receive one gill a day, and I distinctly recall the demijohn with the gill cup hanging on its neck, and the line of "extra duty men" who came up each morning for their perquisite. —  'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
• The ravishing music of the orchestra charmed from the street a red nosed old knight of the demijohn, and uninvited he staggered into the brilliant assemblage and made an effort to get a partner for the next set. —  Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
• Ah, by a lucky chance I see that your demijohn is in here. —  An Arkansas Planter

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