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Hogshead
Unit of volume for tobacco, wine or beer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Hogshead (disambiguation).
A hogshead (abbreviated "hhd", plural "hhds") is a large cask of liquid (or, less often, of a food commodity). More specifically, it refers to a specified volume, measured in either imperial or US customary measures, primarily applied to alcoholic beverages, such as wine, ale, or cider.
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