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a beer fortress with a handle, built for slamming down without spilling your dignity.
means a tall, one-handled drinking vessel, usually metal or pottery and sometimes fitted with a hinged lid, made for serving beer or other drink.
from English from at least the medieval period, but the deeper trail is murky. The popular guess links it to the same family as 'tank' (a large container), and there may be a connection to Middle Dutch 'tanckaert' — yet etymologists admit the word's origin is genuinely uncertain. An early sense even pointed to a big tub or open vessel, only later narrowing to the lidded ale-mug we picture today.
- glass bottom
- Said to spot the king's coin tricking you into service.
- pewter classic
- Old ones leached lead, slowly poisoning the cheerful drinker.
- lidded design
- Hinged tops kept plague-era flies out of ale.
- capacity
- Traditional measure holds a full imperial pint.
- name root
- Once meant any large open tub for liquids.
nuremberg beer tankard — german ceramic drinking vessel with pewter lid, produced from 16th century onwards in nuremberg
english pewter tankard — traditional british pub drinking vessel, typically 1 pint capacity, common in taverns since 17th century
german stoneware tankard — salt-glazed ceramic mug with hinged metal lid and thumb rest, made in rhineland since medieval times