romekin

English

Etymology

Compare rummer and ramekin.

Noun

romekin (plural romekins)

1. (obsolete) A drinking-cup.
   • 1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act IV, page 68:

     VVine, ever flovving in large Saxon Romekins / About my board; […]

Alternative forms

• romkin

Further reading

• “romekin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• moniker