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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It would be the old story of the pipkin and the iron pot.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
Melt some rosin in a pipkin, dip the necks of the bottles into it, and set them in a cool dry place.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
But if the pipkin is pretty, and A or B breaks it, there is national loss; not otherwise.
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin
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 C. Malcolm Watkins
One was employed silently in eating large blocks of a curious boiled mess out of a pipkin.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
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