jorum

[ jawr-uhm, johr- ]

noun

1. a large bowl or container for holding drink.
2. the contents of such a container:

   a jorum of punch.

3. a great quantity.

jorum

/ ˈdʒɔːrəm /

noun

1. a large drinking bowl or vessel or its contents

   a jorum of punch

Word History and Origins

Origin of jorum¹

First recorded in 1720–30; said to be named after Joram, who brought silver, gold, and brass bowls to David (2 Samuel 8:10)

Word History and Origins

Origin of jorum¹

C18: probably named after Jorum, who brought vessels of silver, gold, and brass to King David (II Samuel 8:10)

Example Sentences

"A bone and a jorum whenever you'll come and take it," he said.

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No matter; his Majesty's servants would eat the dough half-baked--aye, and wash it down as it stuck in the throat with a jorum of raw whisky.

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It proved to be “a glorious jorum” of hot Wassail, prepared from the chairman’s special and private receipt, the materials of which, “together with their proportions and combinations,” he declines to impart. 

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The Laird nodded, and Sandie drank his health in one jorum, and his success with Miss Lane in another.

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This was a little parlour, where the Captain of musqueteers had been regaling himself for the last hour over a jorum of ale, in solitary rumination.

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