a wine bottle holding the equivalent of twelve normal bottles (approximately 312 ounces)
Word origin
C19: humorous allusion to an Assyrian king mentioned in the Bible (II Kings 17:3);compare jeroboam
Salmanazar in American English
(ˌsælməˈnæzər)
noun
a wine bottle holding from 10 to 12 quarts (9.5 to 11.4 l)
Word origin
[1930–35; var. of shalmaneser, name of biblical king (2 Kings 18:9)]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boondoggle, cloverleaf, saddle stitch, technical foul, video