biggin
/ˈbɪɡɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.03 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.
noun
A drinking vessel for ale or beer; possibly a tankard.
Example Sentences
- "[…] my brain has been topsy-turvy, they say, ever since the biggin was bound first round my head; so turning me upside down may peradventure restore it again."
- "An old woman's biggin for a nightcap."
- "As he became more popular, household objects were brought into requisition for his instruction in a copious vocabulary; and whenever he appeared in the Yard ladies would fly out at their doors crying ‘Mr Baptist—tea-pot!’ ‘Mr Baptist—dust-pan!’ ‘Mr Baptist—flour-dredger!’ ‘Mr Baptist—coffee-biggin!’ At the same time exhibiting those articles, and penetrating him with a sense of the appalling difficulties of the Anglo-Saxon tongue."
- "‘That silver biggin holds coffee, and there are cups on the lower tier of the cart.’"
- "Oswald's wife then put before him a large pie, and some wheaten bread, with a biggin of good beer."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French