pipkin

[ pip-kin ]

/ ˈpɪp kɪn /

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noun

a small, earthen pot.

British Dialect. a piggin.

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Origin of pipkin

1555–65; perhaps pipe² + -kin

Words nearby pipkin

piping, piping hot, pipistrelle, pipit, pipiwharauroa, pipkin, Pippa, pipper, pipperoo, pippin, pipsissewa

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How to use pipkin in a sentence

Boil the oil and soap together in a pipkin, and then gradually stir in the sand and lemon-juice.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
Nathaniel Pipkin had ocular demonstration of the fact, that the rumours of old Lobbs's treasures were not exaggerated.
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
Dear old Pipkin is better off away from her; but I do miss her and will never forgive that woman.
Daisy|Miranda Eliot Swan
She killed Pipkin, my mother's cat, just as soon as she came.
Daisy|Miranda Eliot Swan

He set a great pipkin of water to heat, brought out a clean robe of white wool, a jelab like his own, and made some tea.
Rest Harrow|Maurice Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for pipkin

pipkin

/ (ˈpɪpkɪn) /

noun

a small metal or earthenware vessel

another name for piggin

Word Origin for pipkin

C16: perhaps a diminutive of pipe ²; see -kin

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