firkin
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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
Then Stair took a lump of fine Glenanmays salt butter from the firkin and dabbed it into the centre of each dish, the same amount for each.
From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Now, sir, it's not for the butter, nor the price of the butter, but, the Lord have massy on us, I wouldn't have sich another fright for a whole firkin of it.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by William H. Herndon
Up he got from his seat upon the firkin, and his head was in the shadows of the smoky timbers.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro
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