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ˈtæŋ kərdtankard

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tankardnoun

    large drinking vessel with one handle

Wiktionary

  1. tankardnoun

    A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tankardnoun

    A large vessel with a cover, for strong drink.

    Etymology: tanquaerd, French; tankaerd, Dutch; tancaird, Irish.

    Hath his tankard touch’d your brain?
    Sure they’re fall’n asleep again. Ben Jonson.

    Marius was the first who drank out of a silver tankard,
    After the manner of Bacchus. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    When any calls for ale, fill the largest tankard cup top full. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Tankard

    A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver or pewter, but can be made of other materials, for example wood, ceramic, or leather. A tankard may have a hinged lid, and tankards featuring glass bottoms are also fairly common. Tankards are shaped and used similarly to beer steins.

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  1. tankard

    A tankard is a large, cylindrical drinking cup or mug with a single handle and often a hinged lid, typically made of silver, pewter, or glass, and used mainly for drinking beer or ale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tankardnoun

    a large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover

Wikidata

  1. Tankard

    A tankard is a form of drinkware consisting of a large, roughly cylindrical, drinking cup with a single handle. Tankards are usually made of silver, pewter, or glass, but can be made of other materials, for example wood, ceramic or leather. A tankard may have a hinged lid, and tankards featuring glass bottoms are also fairly common. Tankards are shaped and used similarly to beer steins.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tankard

    tangk′ard, n. a large vessel for holding liquors: a drinking-vessel with a lid. [O. Fr. tanquard, prob. from L. cantharus—Gr. kantharos.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TANKARD

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tankard is ranked #46219 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Tankard surname appeared 461 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tankard.

    55.5% or 256 total occurrences were Black.
    39.4% or 182 total occurrences were White.
    3.2% or 15 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tankard in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tankard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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