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Kilderkin

Kil-der-kin

Noun

A English unit of measure of capacity equal to half a barrel or 18 gallons.

Molly was astounded when her date consumed a kilderkin of beer before their salads arrived.

This one goes back to the 14th century and was cribbed from Middle Dutch.

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