hogshead in Russian
hogshead in Russian is хогсхед — hogshead means a large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
hogshead in Russian
хогсхед
Pronounced: khogskhed
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 Russian?
"hogshead" in Russian is хогсхед. hogshead means: A large cask used to measure liquid, holding around sixty-three wine gallons, roughly half a pipe.
How do you pronounce хогсхед?
"hogshead" in Russian is хогсхед, pronounced "khogskhed".
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