/ · 1894 Brewer’s · D · Demijohn (A)
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A glass vessel with a large body and small neck, enclosed in wickerwork like a Florence flask, and containing more than a bottle. (French, dame-jeanne, “Madam Jane,” a corruption of Damaghan, a town in Persia famous for its glass works.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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