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demi-john

demi-john is the alternative spelling of demijohn.

Meaning of demijohn

Noun

demijohn (plural demijohns)

  1. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
    • “Reckon it's first-drink time,” the old prospector cried cheerily, and unearthed Monica's two-gallon demijohn.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter VIII, in The Understanding Heart
    Synonyms:
    carboy

Forms of demi-john

pluraldemi-johns

Questions about demi-john

What is demi-john the alternative spelling of?
Demi-john is the alternative spelling of demijohn.

Words near demi-john in the dictionary

  1. demi-glaces
  2. demi-god
  3. demi-gods
  4. demi-hunter
  5. demi-hunters
  6. demi-john
  7. demi-johns
  8. demi-lich
  9. demi-liches
  10. demi-lion
  11. demi-lions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demi-john (page history and authors); demijohn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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