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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30 November 2024

HYPOTHETICAL

(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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