firkin

Example Sentences

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He uses an antique wooden firkin once used for storing flour and sugar to sit on that the older French speaking duck hunters call a “bedon.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020

In the flesh, Ruth Davidson, 37, is a firkin of fun, speaks with a machine-gun delivery and can hold her own.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2016

In the "Cruise of the Rover," in the heat of movement, when the young English sailors after their desperate fight are being dragged to judgment, drink is given them from "a great cool earthen firkin."

From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher

We put on a hogshead of sugar, twenty-five hams, a sack of coffee, box of tea, firkin of butter, barrel of potatoes, some hominy, beans, canned fruits, etc.

From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by Devol, George H.

An old trunk, a small barrel, or a large butter or lard firkin or tin will serve the purpose.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education