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
A firkin was also put into the sleigh; and after the sugar was sufficiently cool, it was put into the firkin, and covered up with great care.
From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various
Your doughty paunch stands before you like a firkin of butter, and your duck-legs seem to be cast for carrying burdens.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
In the "Cruise of the Rover," in the heat of movement, when the young English sailors after their desperate fight are being dragged to judgment, drink is given them from "a great cool earthen firkin."
From Essays by Benson, Arthur Christopher
