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LONG-BEARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does long-beard mean?
• LONG-BEARD (noun)
The noun LONG-BEARD has 1 sense:
1. a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
Familiarity information: LONG-BEARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bellarmine; greybeard; long-beard; longbeard
Hypernyms ("long-beard" is a kind of...):
jug (a large bottle with a narrow mouth)
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