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Hogshead

An obsolete unit of volume equivalent to 63 gallons.

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I heard some ladies the other day laughing about some one of their help who had helped herself to a real hoop from off a hogshead for her gown.

Road to the golden age: Thoreau's old Carlisle road

This is all about liters, ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, milliliters, barrels, gills (and hogsheads!) -- and it makes provisions for both dry and liquid measures.

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The Grade II-listed warehouse was completed in 1901 to accommodate 70,000 hogsheads of tobacco and is a familiar sight to rail and road commuters arriving in Liverpool along Great Howard Street and the Merseyrail Northern Line.

Flats plan at historic dock site; SCHEME FOR 538 APARTMENTS AT TOBACCO WAREHOUSE

The whisky is poured into barrels, white oak hogsheads that have already nurtured bourbon or sherry.

TRAVEL: Pipes and drams; For GEOFFREY LAKEMAN, Speyside's Whisky trail was a dram good adventure

The biggest estate up for grabs is Whitbread's entire 3,000-strong pubs division, with a price tag of pounds 1.5 billion, including its 1,700 leased pubs and its managed outlets such as Hogsheads, Casa bars and Dome cafes.

Landlords' shout after brewers call time on their pub empires

For example, Hogsheads - our High Street brand - is the envy of many of our competitors.

British pub trade fizzes along despite Whitbread deal; City View

Hogsheads carry at least eight real ales at any one time - and some offer cask- conditioned cider and Belgian beers.

Brewing up pounds 12m job boost

The beer was in large wooden barrels called hogsheads. It was a hard job.

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It includes Whitbread's 1,710 leased pubs, which are mainly local and rural sites, its 1,095 managed pubs, including its Wayside Inns, Shotz and Champion brands, and its 193 high street pubs and bars, including Hogsheads, Casa bars and the Dome Parisian-style cafe bars.

Market Focus: Whitbread calls time

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