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Definition of Pipkin
1. n. A small earthen boiler.
Definition of Pipkin
1. Noun. A small earthen boiler. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pipkin
1. a small pot [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipkin
Literary usage of Pipkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"Enter HUGH, and after him, pipkin. HUGH. My master hath left his gloves ...
0 Master pipkin, what do you mean Ì what do you mean, Master pipkin? PIP. ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"Hi-, as it were, lowers the standard. believe, knowing pipkin (he was to have
been a Captain—perhaps he is ; indeed, I fancy that I have heard him say so at ..."
3. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"As all this was said with much gravity; and as Nathaniel pipkin walked home ...
The next day Nathaniel pipkin saw old Lobbe go out upon his old gray pony; ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Greer authorized pipkin to enter his name upon the subscription list for $2500.
... pipkin says that he told Greer "that the whole matter was hinging on his ..."
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