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Nebuchadnezzar

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Nebuchadnezzar1
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a wine bottle, used esp for display, holding the equivalent of twenty normal bottles (approximately 520 ounces)
[named after Nebuchadnezzar2, from the custom of naming large wine bottles after Old Testament figures; compare jeroboam]
Nebuchadnezzar2, Nebuchadrezzar
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament a king of Babylon, 605-562 bc, who conquered and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Jews to Babylon (II Kings 24-25)
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Noun1.NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar - (Old Testament) king of Chaldea who captured and destroyed Jerusalem and exiled the Israelites to Babylonia (630?-562 BC)
Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuchadrezzar II
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
2.nebuchadnezzar - a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display
wine bottle - a bottle for holding wine
Translations
Nebuchadnezzar [ˌnebjʊkədˈnezəʳ] N → Nabucodonosor


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Now, D'Artagnan, when he left Calais with his ten scamps, would have hesitated as little in attacking a Goliath, a Nebuchadnezzar, or a Holofernes as he would in crossing swords with a recruit or caviling with a landlady.
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But we did not take much further interest in the green growth, for one cannot live on grass like Nebuchadnezzar.
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