tankard
A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one…A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
» He emptied a tankard of beer.
Er leerte einen Krug Bier.
Meaning
1 sensesA large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
Humpen, Krug, Seidel
кру́жкаkrúžka
large drinking vessel with one handle
Examples
7 sentencesHe emptied a tankard of beer.
deEr leerte einen Krug Bier.
He drank a tankard of beer.
deEr leerte einen Krug Bier.
He sank a tankard of beer.
deEr leerte einen Krug Bier.
He finished off a tankard of beer.
deEr leerte einen Krug Bier.
He says smiling, and with a pleasant countenance, please nobody stop our running, the race is for a tankard of ale.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tan(c)kard(e), denoting 'a large tub for carrying liquid', perhaps relFrom 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 tant quart (“as much of a quarter”).
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