nipperkin

Definition

A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "[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."

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