nebuchadnezzar
noun/ˌnebjəkədˈnezə(r)/
/ˌnebjəkədˈnezər/
- a wine bottle which holds twenty times as much wine as an ordinary bottle compare jeroboam, methuselah, rehoboamWord Originearly 20th cent.: from Nebuchadnezzar (c. 630-562 BC), king of Babylon, an ancient city in Mesopotamia.
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