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.