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biggin
1[ big-in ]
noun
- a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
biggin
2[ big-in ]
noun
- a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.
biggin
1/ ˈbɪɡɪn /
noun
- a plain close-fitting cap, often tying under the chin, worn in the Middle Ages and by children in the 17th century
biggin
2/ ˈbɪɡən /
noun
- a construction, esp a house or cottage
Word History and Origins
Origin of biggin1
Origin of biggin2
Word History and Origins
Origin of biggin1
Origin of biggin2
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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