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biggin

1

[ big-in ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  2. a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.


biggin

2

[ big-in ]

noun

  1. a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.

biggin

1

/ ˈbɪɡɪn /

noun

  1. a plain close-fitting cap, often tying under the chin, worn in the Middle Ages and by children in the 17th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


biggin

2

/ ˈbɪɡən /

noun

  1. a construction, esp a house or cottage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of biggin1

1520–30; < Middle French beguin kind of hood or cap, originally one worn by a Beguine

Origin of biggin2

After Biggin, the name of its early 19th-century inventor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of biggin1

C16: from French béguin ; see beguine

Origin of biggin2

see big ²
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Example Sentences

There comes into his house, into that "auld clay biggin," his muse, the spirit of a beautiful woman, and tells him what he can do, and what he can't do, as a poet.

The lessons he received in the "auld clay biggin" were not forgotten through life.

"Your biggin isna broken, sir,95 Nor is your towers won; But the fairest lady in a' the land This day for you maun burn."

The easiest utensil is what is called a filter, or coffee-pot, or biggin, according to locality, with a top to diffuse the water.

His lordship yawned, stretched himself, and then poured some pale brandy into a coffee-cup, before filling it with the rich fluid in the biggin.

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