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Biggin

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Big´gin
n.1.A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.
An old woman's biggin for a nightcap.
- Massinger.
1.A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; - so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.
1.A building.
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Noun1.biggin - a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin
cap - a tight-fitting headdress


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``Not a doit I,'' answered poor Wamba---``and for hanging up by the feet, my brain has been topsy-turvy, they say, ever since the biggin was bound first round my head; so turning me upside down may peradventure restore it again.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
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