biggin
/big-in/US // ˈbɪg ɪn //UK // (ˈbɪɡɪn) //
大金,大金币,冯小刚
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Archaic.
- : a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- : a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
Examples
Almost as doubtful are the theories which would make the 'old mill' at Newport a Norse 'biggin.'
The coffee biggin, said to have been invented by a Mr. Biggin, came into common use in England for making coffee about 1817.
Any coffee pot with such a bag fitted into its mouth came to be spoken of as a coffee biggin.
A favorite device is the earthenware jug with or without the cotton sack that makes it a coffee biggin.
The Triumph coffee filter was a cloth-bag device which made any coffee pot a biggin.
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