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Meaning
Noun
●
In Wine bottles:
A
bottle
containing
1.5
liters
of
fluid
, double the
volume
of a
standard
wine
bottle
.
●
In Firearms:
A
powerful
firearm
cartridge
, often
derived
from a
shorter
, less
powerful
cartridge
calibre
that
uses
the same bullet.
●
A
handgun
that
fires
a
cartridge
of this
calibre
;
chiefly
a
revolver
, but
rarely
an
autoloader
firing
an
unusually
powerful
calibre
.
●
A
bottle
of Magnum Tonic Wine, a
fermented
mead
drink
pop
ular among Jamaicans and other Caribbean
peoples
for its
intoxicating
effects,
vitamins
and use as a
purported
sexual
stimulant
. The
drink
is
highly
associated with
dancehall
music
and Jamaican
pop
culture.
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Origin
magnum
English
magnum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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