Pint

Examples

• The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• From one to two drachms in one-half pint of water, applied by means of a douche. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A pint of porter with my cold beef at Marlborough was enough to over-set me. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• After watching me into the second chop, he said: 'There's half a pint of ale for you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• On his answering in the affirmative, Then bring me another pint of this same wine, drawer, and come and wake me at ten. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When dry, dip the paper into a solution of iodide of potassium, containing 500 grains dissolved in 1 pint of water, and let it remain in the solution two or three minutes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I bought nearly half a pint of their money for a shilling myself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mix, and dissolve 1 ounce of the mixture in 1 pint of water when wanted for use. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Mr. Barff kindly sent him a specimen of this substance, which he melted, and put some of it into one-half of a pint of cream. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Now, when you have took your hat off, we'll go into that pint. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• A tea-spoonful to a table-spoonful of the powder is dissolved in 1 pint of water, requiring from 1/2 to 1 hour to make the solution. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• For what is termed dry copying mix about 1/3 pint of glycerine to a pint of any good black ink. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Reklect you owe me a pint for bringing down your luggage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• 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.
• If I had time and dared to enter into digressions, I would write a chapter about that first pint of porter drunk upon English ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• 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.

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