METHUSELAH


Meaning of METHUSELAH in English

■ noun

1》 a very old person.

2》 ( methuselah ) a wine bottle of eight times the standard size.

Origin

1930s: from the biblical patriarch ~ , said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).

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