Word: demijohn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cash for the hogshead, cask and demijohn...
...yield the trophy in exchange for a signed receipt. Detouring en route so the countryside might see, Il Corsaro trundled the cannon home in a handcart, and received a hero's welcome: a supper of lasagna, tortellini, young kid, pork and chicken, topped off by a demijohn of wine. Next day, he loaded the cannon with a double charge of powder, and fired it in the direction of Spilamberto. Unfortunately, the heavy charge split the breech...