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nipperkin Now rare. (ˈnɪpəkɪn) Also 7–8 kn-, 7 niper-. [Of obscure etym. The form points to a Du. or LG. origin: cf. MDu. nypelkin, the name of some game.] 1. A measure or vessel of small capacity used for liquors, containing half-a-pint or less.1694 Motteux Rabelais v. xxxiv. (1737) 152 Barrels, Ni...
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Nipperkin
The nipperkin is a unit of measurement of volume, equal to one-half of a quarter-gill, one-eighth of a gill, or one thirty-second of an English pint. A nipperkin is also one-eighth of a pint of beer or any other liquor.
See also
"The Barley Mow"
References
Units of volume
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John Edwin (1768–1805)
Tate Wilkinson praises his Lenitive in "The Prize" and his Nipperkin in "The Sprigs of Laurel," and says that as Mr.
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Juniper (given name)
jenny-per"
Nip or Nipper: While the origin of the usage of "nip" to refer to a drink or a glass of an alcoholic beverage actually comes from the rare term nipperkin
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nipper
▪ I. nipper, n.1 (ˈnɪpə(r)) Also 6–8 nypper, 8 knipper. [f. nip v.1 + -er1.] I. 1. a. One who nips, in senses of the verb. Freq., down to c 1640, in citations or echoes of Isa. l. 5.1535 Coverdale Isa. l. 5, I offre my backe vnto y smyters, and my chekes to the nyppers. a 1568 R. Ascham Scholem. i. ...
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Cumulative song
luck to the barley mow
Jolly good luck to the pint pot,
Good luck to the barley mow
Oh the pint pot, half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill, nipperkin barley mow
Jolly good luck to the quart pot,
Good luck to the barley mow
Oh the quart pot, pint pot, half a pint, gill pot, half a gill, quarter gill, nipperkin
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nip
▪ I. nip, n.1 Also 6 nyp(pe, nipp, 6–7 nippe. [f. nip v.1] I. 1. a. The act of compressing sharply between two surfaces, edges, or points; a pinch; a sharp bite.1551 Cranmer Answ. Gardiner (1580) 85 In the last booke you geue Christ such a nippe, that of that whole satisfaction, you pinch halfe away...
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Approximate measures
tea-cup
wine-glass
table-spoon
dessert-spoon
tea-spoon
black-jack
demijohn (dame-jeanne)
goblet
pitcher
gyllot (about equal to 1/2 gill)
noggin (1/4 pint)
nipperkin
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Scottish units
Fluid volume
Nipperkin was also used, but perhaps not part of this more formal set.
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