pipkin

American  

[pip-kin] / ˈpɪp kɪn /

noun

1. a small, earthen pot.

2. British Dialect. a piggin.

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pipkin British  

/ ˈpɪpkɪn /

noun

1. a small metal or earthenware vessel

2. another name for piggin

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Etymology

Origin of pipkin

1555–65; perhaps pipe ² + -kin

Example Sentences

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pipkin

"It is warmer here," he said, pushing aside an earthen pipkin, and clearing a space with his foot in front of the glowing embers.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John

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

Had the inoffending pipkin not been empty it might have seemed as though he were offering a libation to some unseen spirit of the water.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

I took my portion with thanks, and found that the pipkin contained a thick porridge made of lentils, prepared with meal and fat; in the midst of which was a piece of fresh boiled beef.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

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