methuselah
noun /məˈθjuːzələ/
/məˈθuːzələ/
- a wine bottle that holds eight times as much wine as an ordinary bottle compare jeroboam, nebuchadnezzar, rehoboamWord Origin1930s: from Methuselah, the grandfather of Noah in the Bible who is said to have lived for 969 years (Genesis 5:27).