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KILDERKIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("kilderkin" is a kind of...):
British capacity unit; Imperial capacity unit (a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet)
Meronyms (parts of "kilderkin"):
firkin (a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons)
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