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BIGGIN
biggin
(noun) a child’s tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
biggin (plural biggins)
(archaic) A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.
(historical) An official's hood or coif.
Etymology 2
From the inventor's surname.
Noun
biggin (plural biggins)
A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.
Anagrams
• gibing
Source: Wiktionary
Big"gin, n. Etym: [F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon.]
Definition: A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.
Big"gin, n.
Definition: A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.
Big"gin, Big"ging, n. Etym: [OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t.]
Definition: A building. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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