/ ˌdʒerəˈbəʊəm; NAmE -ˈboʊ-/ noun
a wine bottle which holds four or six times as much wine as an ordinary bottle
—compare nebuchadnezzar , methuselah
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: named after Jeroboam , a king of Israel, “who made Israel to sin” (1 Kings 11:28, 14:16).