biggin
1a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
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Other definitions for biggin (2 of 2)
a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.
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How to use biggin in a sentence
Almost as doubtful are the theories which would make the 'old mill' at Newport a Norse 'biggin.'
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceThe coffee biggin, said to have been invented by a Mr. biggin, came into common use in England for making coffee about 1817.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersAny coffee pot with such a bag fitted into its mouth came to be spoken of as a coffee biggin.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersA favorite device is the earthenware jug with or without the cotton sack that makes it a coffee biggin.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersThe Triumph coffee filter was a cloth-bag device which made any coffee pot a biggin.
All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
British Dictionary definitions for biggin (1 of 2)
biggon
/ (ˈbɪɡɪn) /
a plain close-fitting cap, often tying under the chin, worn in the Middle Ages and by children in the 17th century
Origin of biggin
1British Dictionary definitions for biggin (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪɡən) /
Scot a construction, esp a house or cottage
Origin of biggin
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