nebuchadnezzar
/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə
/noun
A very large wine bottle, equivalent in capacity to about twenty regular bottles.Mr Spencer used to deliver a Nebuchadnezzar of champagne to the Queen Mother every year on her birthday....
- I put aside my Nebuchadnezzar of pale ale, and thought to myself, ‘I can't feel my neck!
Origin
Early 20th century: from Nebuchadnezzar (see Nebuchadnezzar II).
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