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

Now I am writing while sitting upon a firkin of apples that I had sent from our neighbor Williams, waiting for the squad to come and help me eat them.

From At Plattsburg by French, Allen

Brought aboard a firkin o' Graham-biscuit,—jest the meal mixed up with water,—no salt, no emptins, no nuthin'.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

This dainty way, however, would hardly make a bad article good, and no one would crave a berry of ancient firkin butter.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 by Various