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wikidiffcom | hogshead |
An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , p.205
A large cask or barrel, of indefinite contents; especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
As a noun hogshead is
an english measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52 1/2 imperial gallons; a half pipe.wikidiffcom
Not English
Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.hogshead
English
Noun
(en noun)- Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
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Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}