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Why do they call a bottle of liquor "a fifth"?

Why do they call a bottle of liquor "a fifth"?
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Why do they call a bottle of liquor "a fifth"?

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it refers to the old way the measured it, they used to call it a 5th of a gallon but they shortened it to fith
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