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

Brought aboard a firkin o' Graham-biscuit,—jest the meal mixed up with water,—no salt, no emptins, no nuthin'.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various

In the rear end of their wagon was a butter firkin and a number of packages.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

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