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spigot

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spigot
1. a stopper for the vent hole of a cask
2. a tap, usually of wood, fitted to a cask
3. a US name for tap
4. a short cylindrical projection on one component designed to fit into a hole on another, esp the male part of a joint (spigot and socket joint) between two pipes
spigot
spigot, 2
1. A faucet.
2. The end of a pipe that fits into a bell, 2.
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Mordaunt knelt down and fastened one end of the train to the spigot, in order that he might have nothing to do but to set it on fire at the opposite end with the match.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Nor was she satisfied with that; for a little time afterwards he lost a barrel of best-drink: for the old witch pulled out the spigot, and let it run all over the cellar, the very first evening he had tapped it to make merry with some of his neighbours.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Why, Harve, I've seen thet man hitch up a bucket, long towards sundown, an' set twiddlin' the spigot to the scuttle-butt same's ef 'twuz a cow's bag.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
 
 
 
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