as in barrel
an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration—there's no beer in them

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Noun
  • The more than 20-piece lineup revisits Calvin Klein’s ‘90s DNA with a modern edge—think darted carpenter jeans with contrast stitching, loose-fitting barrel silhouettes and a mix of puffers, trucker jackets along with the brand’s signature cotton basics like T-shirts, underwear and tank tops.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Melissa barrels into Cuba ⛈️ After hammering Jamaica with high winds and torrential rains, Hurricane Melissa, downgraded on Wednesday to a Category 2 storm (from a Cat 5), barreled into Cuba.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Following Harriett's death, the boy began experiencing strange happenings — hearing scratching in the wall, seeing water mysteriously dripping from pipes and walls, and most scary of all, feeling his bed moving.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • When that liquid becomes warm, it’s then sent through pipes to a facility that cools the liquid and sends it back to the data centers.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Kilderkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilderkin. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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