- The
nipperkin is a unit of
measurement of volume,
equal to one-half of a quarter-gill, one-eighth of a gill, or one thirty-second of an
English pint....
- the
Middle Ages. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. "
Nipperkin".
World Wide Words:
Investigating the
English language across the globe...
- "Cleavelandite". www.mindat.org. "****ociated minerals". www.mindat.org.
Nipperkin, Pao.
Loose Gemstone Guide –
Secrets of the Gem Revealed. "Uses of albite"...
- mow Oh the pint pot, half a pint, gill pot, half a gill,
quarter gill,
nipperkin, and a
round bowl Here's good luck, good luck, good luck to the barley...
- or a gl**** of an
alcoholic beverage actually comes from the rare term
nipperkin [small measure], a folk
etymology has that it
originally referred to a...
-
beans 280 pounds; Oats 264 pounds;
Barley 320 pounds;
Oatmeal 140 pounds.
Nipperkin was also used, but
perhaps not part of this more
formal set.
Weight was...
- sold for 1 shilling. The
following is the
entry for the
letter O: Odds
Nipperkins!
cried Mother Bunch on her broomstick, here’s a to do! as
Nicholas Hotch-Potch...
- (dame-jeanne)
goblet pitcher gyllot (about
equal to 1/2 gill)
noggin (1/4 pint)
nipperkin (measure for liquor,
containing no more than 1/2 pint)
tumblerful (10...
- Mrs. Wiggins,
Somno in The
Sleep Walker (Walley
Chamberlain Oulton),
Nipperkin in
Sprigs of Laurel, or the
Rival Soldiers (John O'Keeffe),
Nehemiah Flam...
- re****tion. Tate
Wilkinson praises his
Lenitive in "The Prize" and his
Nipperkin in "The
Sprigs of Laurel," and says that as Mr. Tag in "The Spoil'd Child"...
