pint potn.
/ˈpʌɪnt pɒt/, U.S. /ˈpaɪnt ˌpɑt/ 1. A drinking vessel having a capacity of a pint, esp. one made of pewter for holding beer.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > holding specific amount
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1383 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/228/11) m. 2 iiijor pyntpottes de Metall.
c1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 5 (MED) A short gynt hase a pynt potte.
1519 Maldon (Essex) B. 160 Oon quarte pott, ii0 pynt potts, ii0 skepps to bere malte in.
1600 in E. R. Brinkworth & J. S. W. Gibson Banbury Wills & Inventories (1976) I. 159 In pewter..two sawsers, a pyntt pott, a beaker, a nutt, a botell for aquavite and a pewter solte.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xxxiv. 170 Barrels, Nipperkins, Pint-Pots, Quart-Pots.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xiii. 103 Then seizing a pewter pint-pot that stood by him, squeezed the sides of it together, as if it had been made of pliant leather.
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. viii. 189 Their capacious pint pot, which they call a stoup.
1805 Morning Chron. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) IX. 284 He never descended so low as to steal pint pots and door~scrapers.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxi. 144 Another officer..came up with a pint-pot of porter.
1920 E. Pound tr. A. Daniel Lancan son Passat Li Giure in Instigations ii. vii. 298 The most wise runs drunkest lover, Sans pint-pot or wine to swallow.
1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxx. 276 A fag in one hand, a pint-pot in the other and you're as happy as Larry.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > inn or tavern keeping > innkeeper
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licensed victualler1824
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1563 T. Becon Displayeng Popysh Masse in Wks. III. f. 47v Ye praye for..the soules of good man Rynsepytcher and good wyfe Pyntepot.]
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 401 Peace good pint-pot, peace good tickle-braine. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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