biggin
1 Americannoun
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a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
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Etymology
Origin of biggin1
1520–30; < Middle French beguin kind of hood or cap, originally one worn by a Beguine
Origin of biggin2
After Biggin, the name of its early 19th-century inventor
Example Sentences
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Coffee made in a French filter or biggin is considered better by many; but I have preferred to give a rule that may be used with certainty where French cooking utensils are unknown.
From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Helen Campbell
To make coffee "without boiling" the cookery books of the period advised the housewife to obtain "a biggin, the best of which is what in France is called a Grecque."
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
‘Your biggin is na broken, sir, Nor is your towers won; But the fairest lady in a’ the lan’ For you this day maun burn.’
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Frank Sidgwick
There comes into his house, into that "auld clay biggin," his muse, the spirit of a beautiful woman, and tells him what he can do, and what he can't do, as a poet.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
The coffee biggin still retains its popularity in England.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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