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
"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.
He eateth nothing, and a firkin of ale would last him six months.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
Villagers.Ha, ha, ha! 1st Villager.I say, old feller, you ain't seed nothing of no old butter firkin with no kiver on, no place about here?
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle by Burke, Charles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
