pipkin
Americannoun
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a small, earthen pot.
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British Dialect. a piggin.
noun
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a small metal or earthenware vessel
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another name for piggin
Etymology
Origin of pipkin
Example Sentences
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Then Brederode, pointing to a pipkin of cinnamon wine, bade his butler bring it to him.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de
But I am French; the sun shines; I am gay.—There is myself, my poor dear wife, half a loaf, seven children, three sprats, a tom cat, and a pipkin of milk.
From The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts by Colman, George
In truth, my hostess is of the poorest of the Lebanon peasants; even her sweet-oil pipkin and her jars of lentils and beans, are empty.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
Scarcely was my rapid survey of the party completed, when the superior, filling his pipkin from the ample bowl before him, rose to give the health of the order.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James
Top to bottom: rim of small bowl; rim of small jar with internal flange to receive cover; and pipkin handle.
From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm
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