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Firkin

noun
1.
A British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons.
2.
A small wooden keg.





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"Firkin" Quotes from Famous Books



... came the youths of the town, rolling before them a ten-firkin cask full of the wine of Hegyalja. They brought the cask to a standstill at the feet of the Nabob, and set on the top of it Martin, the former Whitsun King, as being the one among them whose tongue wagged the nimblest. He took a ...
— A Hungarian Nabob • Maurus Jokai


Words linked to "Firkin" :   kilderkin, congius, Imperial gallon, British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit, gallon, keg


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