134. Only One Word: Methuselah
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SerenityJames
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methuselah ().
What do Jeroboam (), Methuselah, Salmanazar () , Balthazar(), and Nebuchadnezzar() have in common? Larger-than-life (, ) biblical ( - ) figures () all, yes (four kings and a venerable ( - , ) patriarch () ), but they're all also names of oversized ( ) wine ( - ) bottles ( - ).
A Jeroboam is the equivalent () of about four 750-milliliter bottles (about 3 liters).
One Methuselah holds about 8 standard bottles' worth,
a Salmanazar 12,
a Balthazar 16,
and a Nebuchadnezzar a whopping ( - , ) 20. No one knows who decided to use those names for bottles, but we do know that by the 1800s "Jeroboam" was being used for large goblets ( - ) or "enormous ( - , ) bottles of fabulous ( - ) content ( - ). Later, sometime early in the 20th century, "Methuselah" and all the other names were chosen for specific () bottle sizes.
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Jeroboam () - 4- (750 )
Methuselah () - , 8-
Salmanazar () - , 12-
Balthazar (), - , 16-
Nebuchadnezzar () - , 20-
Larger-than-life - ,
venerable () -
wine () -
bottle () -
equivalent () -
whopping () - ,
goblet () -
enormous () - ,
fabulous () -
content () -
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SerenityJames
"only one" .
