hogshead in Polish
hogshead in Polish is okseft — hogshead means a large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
hogshead in Polish
okseft
What does "hogshead" mean?
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noun A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
"Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four."
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noun A big barrel that can hold varying amounts, often somewhere between a hundred and a hundred and forty gallons.
"With his silly toupee, like the coat of a shaggy poodle, and his tight Continental tailoring, ill suited to his hogshead physique, Mel was a vision of disingenuousness."
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- Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four.
- With his silly toupee, like the coat of a shaggy poodle, and his tight Continental tailoring, ill suited to his hogshead physique, Mel was a vision of disingenuousness.
- Over men and horses, hoops and garters, Lastly through a hogshead of real fire. In this way, Mr. K. will challenge the world.
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What is "hogshead" in Polish?
"hogshead" in Polish is okseft. hogshead means: A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
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