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hogshead - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- claret: We were told that every week a hogshead of claret was drunk at his table.
- tobacco: Large warehouses were built to house American hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing half a ton.
- beer: They had to manhandle hogsheads of beer ( that is 54 gallons ) into cellars by ropes.
- ale: The fat cow for this day was given by the " principal Gentleman " , along with " many Hogsheads of Ale " .
Adjective modifier
- American: Large warehouses were built to house American hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing half a ton.
- French: The wine was aged in predominantly French oak hogsheads for around 24 months before bottling.
Noun used with modifier
- refill: A refill hogshead has left this the color of apple nectar.
- oak: The wine was matured in a mixture of French and American oak hogsheads for 14 months in the underground cellars at Magill.
- sugar: An eye witness account of the time records the nightly traffic of sugar hogsheads being delivered by horse and cart from Liverpool.
- sherry: Large ' raindrop ' beads appear in the glass with a rich gold coloring from the refill sherry hogshead.
- half: Malt, one with 2 small tubs in the buttery, five hogsheads, and one half hogshead, and a barrel.
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