- firkin (n.)
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[firkin 词源字典] - "small cask," late 14c., apparently from Middle Dutch *vierdekijn, diminutive of vierde, literally "fourth, fourth part" (see fourth); so called because it usually is the fourth part of a barrel.[firkin etymology, firkin origin, 英语词源]