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"Large cask"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (TUN).
Definitions
a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
Word origin
From Middle English tunne, tonne (“cask, barrel”), from Old English tunne (“tun, cask, barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin.
Used in a sentence
“He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit, / This tun of treasure; and, in lieu of this, / Desires you let the dukedoms that you claim / Hear no more of you.”
“A Tun of Man in thy Large bulk is writ, / But sure thou'rt but a Kilderkin of wit.”
“So abundant is the supply of tankards and "tuns" […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Large cask”3 letters
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