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.
- noun mug
- "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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