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tankard

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

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Etymology

From Middle English tan(c)kard(e), denoting 'a large tub for carrying liquid', perhaps related to Dutch tanckaert, from Middle Dutch tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but of uncertain ultimate origin. The OED suggests an alteration of Medieval Latin *kantard, from Latin cantharus (“tankard”). Klein suggests French tan...

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