hogshead

Example Sentences

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My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

“There’s records of men getting stuck, bailing out, losing hogshead of tobacco. I mean it was not an easy journey.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022

A hogshead cask holds up to 250 litres of spirit, while a butt contains up to 500 litres.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2017

The hogshead - a cask that could hold several hundred gallons - was used as a hiding place for runaway slaves on their way to the Canadian border.

From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2015

I’d sooner drink a hogshead of the stuff.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly