Associations to the word «Demijohn»

Wiktionary

DEMIJOHN, noun. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.

Dictionary definition

DEMIJOHN, noun. Large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope