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

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

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

From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse

"Liar that thou art, Kerry—it would take a cask of one, and a firkin of the other to make up the necessary ointment!"

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James