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keg

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–noun
1. a small cask or barrel, usually holding from 5 to 10 gallons (19 to 38 liters).
2. a unit of weight, equal to 100 pounds (45 kilograms), used for nails.
3. Also, kegger. a keg party; beer bust.
Origin:
1585–95; earlier cag < ON kaggi
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keg   (kěg)   
n.  

    1. A small cask or barrel with a capacity of about 30 gallons (114 liters).

    2. Such a container and its contents.

  2. A unit of weight used for nails, equal to 100 pounds (45.5 kilograms).

tr.v.   kegged, keg·ging, kegs
To put or store in a small cask or barrel.

[Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
keg

  1. n.
    a beer belly. : If you didn't drink so much beer, you wouldn't have such a keg.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

keg 
1452, from O.N. kaggi "keg, cask," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "barrel of beer" is from 1945.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

keg

see sitting on a powder keg.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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