firkin
a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.
a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc.
Origin of firkin
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How to use firkin in a sentence
This dainty way, however, would hardly make a bad article good, and no one would crave a berry of ancient firkin butter.
A firkin or a large pail which does not leak and which can be devoted to the purpose is needed for slacking the lime.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanOne of these like the butter firkin on shore, could not patiently submit to everything, and—broke!
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. RandThe bottom of a butter firkin can stand what is reasonable, but what self–respecting firkin will submit to everything?
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. RandDown he came, partly in the firkin and partly outside of it, falling in a very mixed condition.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
British Dictionary definitions for firkin
/ (ˈfɜːkɪn) /
a small wooden barrel or similar container
British a unit of capacity equal to nine gallons
Origin of firkin
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