#7 New Vocabulary Word: December 7, 2017 / myLot

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December 7, 2017 11:18pm CST

I am currently reading a novel about a sailing ship and found this word. I’m sure that some of you will be familiar with it but there may be several that are not. The word is: HOGSHEAD It doesn’t mean a hog’s head. What it means is a large barrel. The sentence in which it was used is: Hogsheads of fresh water and other provisions were stowed in the ship’s hold. I had heard the word before and knew what it meant, but I thought it was an interesting word to share.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85437)

• United States

8 Dec 17

That is interesting. I had heard it before, but didn't know what it meant.

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

8 Dec 17

It's always good to expand your vocabulary. That's what I'm trying to do every day when I read.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

8 Dec 17

And hogsheads of rum yo ho ho.

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

8 Dec 17

Yes, I'm sure they kept the RUM in hogshead barrels too.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169882)

• United States

8 Dec 17

I have heard it. I had no idea what it meant though.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73368)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

8 Dec 17

I had heard this word. It is as usual in the English language you have to know when words are written together and when not. So when you write hogshead it means large barrel but if you wrote hog's head it would be the head of a hog. Always interesting to note these things. I believe one time I mistakenly wrote a word together that I shouldn't have done and would up not only with a mistake but a totally different meaning of something.

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Alice Henry

@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

8 Dec 17

Yes, Spelling the words correctly is essential to the meaning of the words.

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