Meaning & use
Firkins
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Small wooden casks traditionally used to store liquids such as beer or butter, or a unit of volume equal to about a quarter of a barrel.
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The brewery still ages a few batches in oak firkins for cask ale.
Farmers once sold butter by the firkin at the market.
A note on using this word
The word comes from the Middle Dutch 'vierdekijn,' meaning 'fourth part,' since a firkin traditionally held a quarter of a barrel.
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