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French ewer, 1795, hard-paste porcelain, height: 25.4 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids.
The term carboy itself usually refers to a 5 US gal (19 L) carboy, unless otherwise noted. A 1 imp gal (4.5 L) carboy is sometimes called a jug. A 15 US gal (57 L) carboy is usually called a demijohn (in the Philippines, dama juana [10]). In Britain, "demijohn" refers to a 1-imperial-gallon (4.5 L) glass brewing vessel.
A 1956 article in the Asbury Park Press cited a suggestion by the state's top highway planner to add a "jug-handle" on Route 35 to facilitate the flow of traffic. [3] One of the earliest mentions of jughandles in The New York Times is on June 14, 1959, referring to jughandles having been built in New Jersey on U.S. Route 46 in Montville, U.S. Route 22 between North Plainfield and Bound Brook ...
At the beginning of the Second World War the British Army was equipped with two simple fuel containers: the 2-imperial-gallon (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) container made of pressed steel, and the 4-imperial-gallon (18 L; 4.8 US gal) container made from tin plate. The 2-gallon containers were relatively strong, but were expensive to produce.
A wide variety of milk bottle designs are available. Some have a round cross section while others have a more square or rectangular shape. A special flat-top square milk jug was recently developed to maximize shipping and storing efficiency but had some difficulties in dispensing. Many milk bottles have integral handles. Milk bags are also in use.
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A one gallon PETE water bottle with attached package handle. Sales of single-use, pre-filled plastic water bottles have increased almost every year for more than a decade. [which?] In 2011, greater than US$11 billion was spent on bottled water products in the United States alone. [1]
"Jug wine" is a term in the United States for inexpensive table wine (or "bulk wine") typically bottled in a glass bottle or jug. Historically, jug wines were labeled semi-generically , often sold to third parties to be relabeled, or sold directly from the winery 's tasting room to customers who would often bring their own bottles. [ 1 ]