Pints
[paints]
Examples
- On the other hand, she consumes so many pounds of beefsteaks and so many pints of porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For example, if 100 pints of ice water is heated in a kettle, the 100 pints will steadily expand until, at the boiling point, it will occupy as much space as 104 pints of ice water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Take two ounces of the tea and steep in a quart of water, with gentle heat, for two hours; strain off 1-1/2 pints into a quart bottle and add half a pint of alcohol and 4 ounces of sugar. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They talked about them over their pints of beer at their public-house clubs to other clerks of a night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- One of 'em takes his twelve pints of ale a day, and never leaves off smoking even at his meals. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Boil for fifteen minutes in eight gallons of water and let stand till cold to settle down, then strain through a flannel rag, and add to it in the fountain: Syrup 12 pints. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Ye see, there's _pints_ in all pies, Mas'r George; but tan't everybody knows what they is, or as orter be. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You speak of that annuity in pounds sterling, but it is in reality so many pounds of beefsteaks and so many pints of porter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Upon all little pints o' breedin', I know I may trust you as vell as if it was my own self. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yes, he knows what de pints is! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Maxine