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biggin

/big-in/US // ˈbɪg ɪn //UK // (ˈbɪɡɪn) //

大金,大金币,冯小刚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.