firkin

This dainty way, however, would hardly make a bad article good, and no one would crave a berry of ancient firkin butter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865|Various
A firkin or a large pail which does not leak and which can be devoted to the purpose is needed for slacking the lime.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping|Elizabeth Hale Gilman
One of these like the butter firkin on shore, could not patiently submit to everything, and—broke!
Fighting the Sea|Edward A. Rand
The bottom of a butter firkin can stand what is reasonable, but what self–respecting firkin will submit to everything?
Fighting the Sea|Edward A. Rand

Down he came, partly in the firkin and partly outside of it, falling in a very mixed condition.
Fighting the Sea|Edward A. Rand

British Dictionary definitions for firkin

firkin

/ (ˈfɜːkɪn) /

noun

a small wooden barrel or similar container

British a unit of capacity equal to nine gallons

Word Origin for firkin

C14 fir, from Middle Dutch vierde fourth + -kin

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