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

So we obeyed the summons of the Liberty sisters to "come right down"; and we sat on a firkin and an inverted tub while Calliope told her plan and the hens fought for delectable morsels.

From Friendship Village by Gale, Zona

"There is burnt wine in yonder firkin," she said, and I fetched a draught in the cup of my two hands.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.

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 Munro, Neil