Associations to the word «Nipperkin»

Wiktionary

NIPPERKIN, noun. (archaic) A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.
NIPPERKIN, noun. (archaic) A small amount of beer, wine, or other liquid, of perhaps 1/8 pint in volume.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope