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
You will get a half-piece of linen, a firkin of butter, a sheep or a cow.
From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall
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
For every firkin, pot, cask, or other vessel of butter, one penny.
From Report of the Knaresbrough Rail-way Committee by Committee, Knaresbrough Rail-way
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
