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firkin

[fur-kin]

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noun

a British unit of capacity usually equal to a quarter of a barrel.

a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English ferdkyn, firdekyn, equivalent to ferde (variant of ferthe fourth) + -kin -kin

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Firkin is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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firkin (ˈfɜːkɪn)

—n
1.	a small wooden barrel or similar container
2.	(Brit) a unit of capacity equal to nine gallons

[C14 fir, from Middle Dutch vierdefourth + -kin]

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firkin

"fourth part of a barrel," 1391, from M.Du. *vierdekijn, dim. of vierde, lit. "fourth, fourth part" (see fourth).

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