BIGGINS

Proper noun

Biggins

A surname.

Anagrams

• gibings

Noun

biggins

plural of biggin

Anagrams

• gibings

Noun

biggins

plural of biggin

Source: Wiktionary


BIGGIN

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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