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/ˈtæŋkɚd/ · noun
A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover..
I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
It was a miserable evening; outside it was snowing and blowing, and in the squire's parlour the candle burned so dimly that you could scarcely distinguish anything in the room but a clock-case with some Chinese ornaments, a large mirror in an old-fashioned frame, and a silver family tankard.
[…] [Jemima] began filling a number of pewter tankards with some of that home-brewed ale for which “The Fisherman’s Rest” had been famous since the days of King Charles.
They were left alone, and Athelny lifted the pewter tankard to his lips. He drank long and deep.
You can feel the squelch of damp soil underfoot, the weight of a tankard in the hand. Clever of them to get Vermeer to serve as interior set designer.
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Tankard means A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover..
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I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
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