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

Joan Andrews of York, Maine, sold two heavy stones in a firkin of butter.

From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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

There's Patrick, my brother, way over in Ireland—the last time I saw him I wasn't taller than that butter firkin.

From Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends by Fern, Fanny