Illustration of tankard
: a tall one-handled drinking vessel
especially
: a silver or pewter mug with a lid
Examples of tankard in a Sentence
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In the worst-case scenario—when LNG makes long journeys on old, polluting tankards—the fuel is 274 percent worse for the environment than coal is.
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Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
Maienfels Biergarten Grab a tankard of German beer or a knockwurst platter at Maienfels Biergarten, 505 W. Mulberry St.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
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
The gentlemen’s champion earned a Rookwood Pottery tankard and six ale mugs, at the time worth about $150.
—Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2021
His friend Michelle Kosilek likes to imagine him in the afterlife, sitting around a celestial campfire with a tankard of mead and a pipe.
—STAT, 14 Apr. 2021
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Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
Maienfels Biergarten Grab a tankard of German beer or a knockwurst platter at Maienfels Biergarten, 505 W. Mulberry St.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2023
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
The gentlemen’s champion earned a Rookwood Pottery tankard and six ale mugs, at the time worth about $150.
—Kathrine Nero, The Enquirer, 22 Aug. 2021
His friend Michelle Kosilek likes to imagine him in the afterlife, sitting around a celestial campfire with a tankard of mead and a pipe.
—STAT, 14 Apr. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of tankard was
in the 14th century
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“Tankard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tankard. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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tankard
noun
tan·kard
ˈtaŋ-kərd 
: a tall one-handled drinking vessel
especially
: a silver or pewter mug with a lid
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