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noun, feminine

dame-jeanne

/dam.ʒan/

noun, feminine/dam.ʒan/plural: dames-jeannes

demijohn (bottle)

Les trois autres s'occupaient à décoiffer une énorme dame-jeanne de vin de Collioure; c'étaient les laquais de ces messieurs.The three others were busy uncorking an enormous demijohn of Collioure wine; they were these gentlemen's lackeys.

Literally, “Lady Jane”; the name is an alteration of Jeanne.