demi-john

Two baskets filled with dainties and a demi-john came to this office.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

The two baskets of dainties had not been received when the article was written but a copy of the paper found its way into the hands of the landlord before the ink was dry and the baskets and demi-john were in the office soon thereafter.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

"He started right back for the woods with a two-gallon demi-john."

How Janice Day Won Helen Beecher Long

From these reveries, a smart blow on the back, neatly executed by the butler, recalled your active attention to a demi-john of warranted French brandy, and a can of Bourbon certified by the hand-writing of Louis Capet himself.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

So hey for the wicker demi-john and the free-lunch brand of grub!

Rippling Rhymes Walt Mason

Every tavern sold whisky by the drink from a demi-john, jug or bottle that was kept locked up.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

But a mysterious command from the omnipotent Bill produced a demi-john of whiskey, with which he hospitably treated the company.

The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various

A certain liberal heathen deity, in the shape of a demi-john, held seductive court aft, and, it is probable, forward.

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906

He kept a demi-john of whiskey in his room at the tavern, and to its contents all the "afflicted" were welcome.

Viola Gwyn George Barr McCutcheon 1897

A rude sideboard stood over against her, between the northward windows, and thereon was stationed a demi-john of goodly proportions, with outlying pickets in the way of glasses.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888