ɪn noun Archaic.
1.
a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2.
a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
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noun
a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.
Origin:
after Biggin, the name of its early 19th-century inventor
after Biggin, the name of its early 19th-century inventor
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Biggin
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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biggin or biggon1 (ˈbɪɡɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a plain close-fitting cap, often tying under the chin, worn in the Middle Ages and by children in the 17th century | |
| [C16: from French béguin; see | |
| biggon or biggon1 | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from French béguin; see | |
| biggin2 (ˈbɪɡən) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot) a construction, esp a house or cottage | |
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