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: a tall one-handled drinking vessel
especially
: a silver or pewter mug with a lid
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When that got a laugh, Gorsuch went on a brief tour of the drinking habits of the Founding Fathers:
John Adams took a tankard of hard cider with his breakfast every day.
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2026
John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider for breakfast.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026
Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2026
John Adams drank a tankard of hard cider for breakfast.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026
Participants can take part in the town’s stein hoisting contest to see who can hold a full tankard of beer the longest.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Mockrin references the tankard by painting the Sabine women in a color palette mimicking marble statuary or ivory carvings.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Tankard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tankard. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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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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