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HOGSHEAD , a cask for holding liquor or other commodities, such as tobacco, sugar
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etymology of the word has been much discussed. According to Skeat, the origin is to be found in the name for a cask or liquid measure appearing in various forms in several Teutonic languages, in Dutch oxhooft (modern
series iv. 2, 46, note by H. Tiedeman). The New English
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