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Rehoboam|riːhəˈbəʊəm, riːə-|
[f. the name of Rehoboam, son of Solomon, King of Judah (I Kings xii–xiv).]
†1. A shovel hat. Obs. rare—1.
1849C. Brontë Shirley I. i. 11 A personage of short stature..bearing on broad shoulders a hawk's head,..the whole surmounted by a Rheoboam [1850 Rehoboam] or shovel-hat, which he did not seem to think it necessary to lift.
2. A large bottle for wine or spirits, bigger than a jeroboam and smaller than a Methuselah 2.
1895Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable (new ed.) 1050/1 A rehoboam of claret or rum is a double jeroboam. 1959Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 28 Rehoboam, a wine bottle—capacity 6 reputed quarts. 1960Times 11 Jan. 17/2 A vigorous passing movement across the ground by three Frenchmen with a dummy rehoboam of champagne was ended only by a flagrant knock-on. 1972[see Methuselah 2]. |