nipperkin

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume. archaic
  2. A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume. archaic
    — [L]et Tim send the ale and the sack, and the nipperkin of double-distilled, with a bit of diet-loaf, or some such trinket, and score it to the new comer.

词形变化

nipperkins plural

词汇关系

相关词
nip

词源

Probably from nip (“a dram or sip”) + -er + -kin as in kilderkin.
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