GRGR(10): Jeroboam

[Peter Fellows-McCully]

A Jeroboam is a size of a bottle, some multiple (not sure which) of the
standard .75L bottle. Next one up from there is a Methusalem. I think
they're only used in describing Champagne bottle.

PFM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]On
> Behalf Of Jeremy Osner
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:10 PM
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> Subject: GRGR(10): Jeroboam
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> I never saw a container of champagne referred to as a jeroboam before.
> Isn't Jeroboam an Old Testament king?
> 
> Jeremy
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