romekin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
romekin (plural romekins)
- (obsolete) A drinking-cup.
- 1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act IV, page 68:
- VVine, ever flovving in large Saxon Romekins / About my board; […]
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Further reading[edit]
- “romekin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.