Meaning of Magnum | Babel Free

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1. A bottle of Magnum Tonic Wine, a fermented mead drink popular 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.
2. A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
3. A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
4. A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.
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“So please⟳ don’t ask⟳ me when / There may be wine and roses / And magnums of champagne”

“I know⟳ what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell⟳ you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But, being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow⟳ your head clean⟳ off, you've got to ask⟳ yourself one question⟳: "Do I feel⟳ lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?”

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