Synonyms for tankard

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tang-kerd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæŋ kərd

Définition of tankard

Origin : c.1300, "large tub-like vessel," corresponding to Middle Dutch tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but both of unknown origin. A guess hazarded in OED is that it is a transposition of *kantard, from Latin cantharus. Meaning "drinking vessel" is first recorded late 15c.

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Example sentences :

"I doubt it not, mon ami," quoth the archer, going back to his tankard.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He could do more than drink a sup and turn the tankard up, he could.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

Tears of the tankard, drops of good liquor that falls aside.
Extract from : « The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew » by Unknown

"This—on information received," replied Easleby, as he lifted his tankard.
Extract from : « The Chestermarke Instinct » by J. S. Fletcher

Now and then, because his mouth was dry, he took a sip of beer from his tankard.
Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The metathesis may be due to association with the name Tankard (Tancred).
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

You order cold beef and pickles, with a pint of bitter in a tankard.
Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome

A boy brought me a tankard of tawny Munich beer, and, sipping it, I watched.
Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers

He paused, and made a gesture of raising a tankard to his lips.
Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston

Middle courses dilute it to the stuff in a publican's tankard.
Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith

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