Definitions for biggin

biggin big·gin

Spelling: [big-in]
IPA: /ˈbɪg ɪn/

Biggin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in biggin (bggiin).

Definitions for biggin

noun

  1. a close-fitting cap worn especially by children in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  2. a soft cap worn while sleeping; nightcap.
  3. a coffeepot, usually silver, having a separate container in which the coffee is immersed while being boiled.

Origin of biggin

1520-30; Middle French beguin kind of hood or cap, orig. one worn by a Beguine

Examples for biggin

"I'm dashed if I do," objected the simple-hearted Mr. biggin.

biggin held his peace until they were safe from immediate danger of pursuit.

Various modifications of the biggin, or French filter coffee-pot, are in use.

biggin Creek is one of many streams which empty into Cooper river.

Did you always make coffee with a biggin in France, Mrs. Pasmer?

Pay the bill, biggin, and join me in the billiard-room, quick!

This is not a criminal matter, Mr. biggin: will you give me a moment with my friend?

Mither, mither, I'm biggin' a bonny hoose for ye to leeve in!

Hardly second in merit to this method is the use of the French "biggin" or "grecque."

Mosportant Scosh quesh'n. Joost your neebor's biggin in a low!

Word Value for biggin
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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