Definitions for biggins

biggins big·gin

Spelling: [big-in]
IPA: /ˈbɪg ɪn/

Biggins is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in biggins (bggiins).

Definitions for biggins

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 biggins

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

Examples for biggins

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

Word Value for biggins
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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