The word tankard was originally applied to a heavy and large vessel of wood banded with metal, in which to carry water. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
Beer stein tankard music box 8″ ROLL OUT THE BARREL. From Wordnik.com. [Music Stein | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
The tankard was a wedding gift from her husband, and a Dutch wedding scene is graven on the lid. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
I told him the tankard was the only thing, for there was nothing else that I thought could hurt me. From Wordnik.com. [She Stands Accused] Reference
"The young noodle," he said, emptying his tankard. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
Back in the bar, he buried his nose in his tankard. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
He calls for a "drop of ale," to receive a pint tankard. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Lacey, as he buried his face in the last tankard of ale. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
Come, sit down, we 'll make an end of our tankard: here. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
We must look for our pillows and bolsters in the tankard. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
Lifted aloft the tankard of ale and drank to their welfare. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
Filled, till it overflowed, the pewter tankard with home-brewed. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
There stood the tankard of ale, and the cheese fresh brought from the dairy. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
In all probability, the "cool tankard" of our times implies a well-appointed. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832] Reference
A tankard of ale and a slice of bacon with wheaten bread, more than he could eat. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
The waiter soon appeared with what I had ordered, and a foaming tankard of ale which. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Air Force reopen the bidding for that multibillion dollar air refueling the tankard contract. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2008] Reference
Blossom nodded, lifting his tankard and waving it on the way to his mouth, in feeble farewell. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
I found my friend in the pathway outside with the tankard between his hearty face and the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Bartholomew Fair, is better known to our readers than the precise contents of the said tankard. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 567, September 22, 1832] Reference
She rose presently, with a little gasp, and hastily lifted a tankard of iced water from the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
He looked almost lovingly at the gleaming Cellini tankard, at the pools of light on the fair damask. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
I have seen a tankard sold, worth fifteen pounds to a fellow in ---- Street, for twenty shillings, and. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Root somewhat fusiform, or of a long, irregular, tankard shape; the crown rising just above the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Mr. Toley lifted the tankard at his left hand, drained it, smacked his lips, then said in a hollow voice. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The best known of these beverages is cool tankard, composed of wine, water, lemon juice, sugar and borage flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
"Any mail or message for me, landlord?" he inquired, giving his name, when that worthy reappeared with the tankard. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Squire Hazeldean stood at the head of the long table: he filled a horn with ale from the brimming tankard beside him. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
In his right hand, when Desmond first caught sight of him, he held a tankard, waving it to and fro in time with his song. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
He instructed me then in this way: I was to go in alone and order for my friend outside a pint of "mull and bitter, in a tankard.". From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Among the poor widows who came was an old woman called Stumbelup, who with much ingratitude stole from the great table a silver tankard. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
Several pieces were placed in our carriage; among others a handsome silver tankard and half-a-dozen goblets, which were never reclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [A Grandmother's Recollections] Reference
Sunday! bring me a dram; and d'ye hear, set out the venison-pasty, and a tankard of strong beer upon the hall-table, I 'll go to breakfast. From Wordnik.com. [The Beaux-Stratagem] Reference
He buried his face in his tankard, and when he had taken a long pull, set the vessel on the table and stared at it with a preoccupied air. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
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