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firkin
[ fur-kin ]
noun
- a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.
- a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc.
firkin
/ ˈɜːɪ /
noun
- a small wooden barrel or similar container
- a unit of capacity equal to nine gallons
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of firkin1
C14 fir , from Middle Dutch vierde fourth + -kin
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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.”
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The brewery has several hundred firkins — small casks full of finished beer — with dispensing devices called “beer engines” for serving on premises.
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She was—sweet mercy in a firkin—she was a gruesome little baggage.
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Breweries from all over the area bring firkins of their beer to the Penn Quarter brewpub for a night of tasting.
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In the flesh, Ruth Davidson, 37, is a firkin of fun, speaks with a machine-gun delivery and can hold her own.
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