Examples of “tankard” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use tankard, grouped by meaning.

noun A large drinking cup with one handle, sometimes made of pewter or with a glass base, and often fitted with a hinged lid.

I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
They were left alone, and Athelny lifted the pewter tankard to his lips. He drank long and deep. — William Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915)
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. — Janan Ganesh, The Hamnet wars (2026)