drum n
   1987 Evening Telegram 27 Apr, p. 7 [tape transcript] Fish was packed in half-drums, drums, casks, donkeys, and various kinds of barrels... [A] drum [held] 128 pounds to the Brazil market. 1986 RYAN xxii [Salt] fish for...Brazil was packaged in drums and half-drums. (Officially, a drum contained four Portuguese arrobas for a total of 129.517 lbs, avoirdupois, but 128 lbs was often the weight used by the Newfoundland shippers.)

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