tankard

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Recent Examples of tankard The official Royal Collection shops only released their coronation collection on Friday, and by Wednesday they were sold out online of their English fine bone china coronation coffee mugs and tankards, as well as a coronation biscuit tin. Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023 Food and other beverages, such as tankards of ale, will be available for purchase from the Portland Spirit galley. oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2023 Life in the Gladney house carries on in a state of messy domestic bliss, tempered with the usual petty irritations and complaints — until the day a highly flammable tankard collides with a train outside of town, and a noxious black plume appears on the horizon. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 1 Oct. 2022 And by the end of the 18th Century, a sitting American President (John Adams) was proudly admitting to drinking a tankard of the juice every morning to calm his stomach. Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for tankard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tankard
Noun
  • Every design element is sourced from local Australian suppliers, from the concrete bathtubs and basins to the limestone tiles, ceramic beakers, and handcrafted lotions and soaps.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2025
  • That could mean anything from beakers and funnels to materials for growing crystals and robotics.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Expect pictures from various party headquarters, with everyone huddled around lead candidates — champagne flutes or beer steins in hand, depending on the party — waiting for those first results.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The ceremonial keg tapping takes place Friday evening, and the weekend lineup includes a German chocolate cake baking contest, a stein hoisting contest, and a chicken dance competition (costumes and creativity encouraged).
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • One floor up was the Travel Professionals Pavilion, a space where top travel advisors could talk shop over a cup of Lavazza coffee.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter (use olive oil for a vegetarian/vegan option) 1 cup uncooked brown rice 2 cups water, beef or chicken broth, or a combination thereof Directions 1.
    Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some examples include variations of squats such as bodyweight squats, goblet squats and barbell squats.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Up to 4,000 years ago in the Yellow River Valley, craftspeople were smelting tin, copper and lead into bronze goblets, and Shang dynasty nobles drank rice wine from these ornate cups.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Many analysts now loudly wonder whether Khamenei, too, will drink his chalice of poison.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Twelve Nabataean skeletons, including one clutching a ceramic chalice, were unearthed under the Treasury at Petra.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

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“Tankard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tankard. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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