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

The seaman, stretched upon a bunk with his feet to the Carron stove, the boy upon a firkin, could see her every wave of fancy displayed upon her countenance.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

In the rear end of their wagon was a butter firkin and a number of packages.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

Joan Andrews of York, Maine, sold two heavy stones in a firkin of butter.

From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse