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jug wine

jug wine

1 4.3
A cheap wine that comes in large bottles and is usually low quality
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : vino de garra
  • She chose a refreshing jug wine for the barbecue because it was affordable.
  • cheap jug wine
  • generic jug wine
  • grapes for jug wine

Examples

  • Cheap beer and jug wine.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • "This isn't the jug wine I usually drink."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The gypsy woman, Andrea, hung around the trailer all the time now, getting drunk with her on jug wine.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • After ten days of golden, unsullied bliss, ten days of bread and jug wine, ten days when the nightingales sang in chorus and the reddest of roses bloomed outside the boudoir, there came a knock on his door, and it was three cops.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • At the party, everyone enjoyed sipping on jug wine from large bottles.

  • Many people opt for jug wine during summer picnics due to its lower price.

Antonyms

fine wine
13 3.5

A high-quality drink made from grapes that often improves with age

How Expensive

fine wine
13 3.5
vintage
  • Specialized
161 5.5
table wine
  • US
1 2.9
jug wine
  • US
1 4.3
bum wine
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Surface Forms

jug wine singular
jug wines plural

Morphology

jug + wine

The noun–noun combination is compositionally clear: a B1 learner who knows 'jug' (large container) and 'wine' will understand this refers to wine sold or kept in a jug. However, the additional evaluative sense that such wine is typically inexpensive or lower quality is a pragmatic/cultural inference not strictly derivable from the constituents, so full meaning may require exposure.

Etymology

Jug wine comes from the image of wine sold in a large jug. Because that wine was often cheap, jug wine now means 'cheap wine sold in large containers'.