hogshead in Portuguese
hogshead in Portuguese is hogshead, meia pipa, tonel — hogshead means a large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
hogshead in Portuguese
hogshead
(Britain) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+1⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe).
meia pipa
(Britain) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+1⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe).
tonel
A large barrel or cask of indefinite contents, especially one containing from 100 to 140 gallons.
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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hogshead in a sentence
- 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 Portuguese?
"hogshead" in Portuguese is hogshead, meia pipa, tonel. hogshead means: A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
Are there other ways to say "hogshead" in Portuguese?
Yes — Portuguese has 3 translations listed for "hogshead": hogshead, meia pipa, tonel.
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