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Rehoboam

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A rehoboam of claret or rum is a double jeroboam. (2 Chr. xiii. 3.)

1 rehoboam = 2 jeroboams or 32 pints.

1 jeroboam = 2 tappet-hens or 16 pints.

1 tappet-hen = 2 magnums or 8 pints.

1 magnum = 2 quarts or 4 pints.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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