gardevingardevinen.
/ˈɡɑːdəvɪn/, /ˈɡɑːdəvʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdəvɪn/, /ˈɡɑrdəˌvaɪn/, Scottish English /ˈɡardəvɪn/, /ˈɡardəvʌin/ Scottish.
a. A big-bellied wine-bottle. Also attributive.
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1807 Ann. Reg. 1805 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 375/2 Gardevin bottles..left behind by the besiegers.
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 93 The Town-clerk..Gart bring the great big gardevine, And fill the glasses.
b. A case or closet for wine-bottles.
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1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 607 Your purse, your gardevin, and your tea-caddy, are continually exposed to depredation.
1870 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life (ed. 18) vi. 246 Gardyveen, Case for holding wine.
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