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  1. 1. n. a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century) Source: wordnet
  2. 2. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard. Source: webster
  3. 3. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood ofCologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or masksupposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the RomanCatholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- calledalso graybeard, longbeard. Source: adambom

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