Pint vs Tankard - What's the difference?
pint | tankard |
A unit of volume, equivalent to ? of a gallon or
# in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint ) and
# in the United States approximately
## 473 millilitres for liquids (a US liquid pint ) or
## 551 millilitres for dry goods (a US dry pint ).
# hungarian pint 1,696 liter
(British) A pint of milk.
(euphemistic) A glass of beer, served by the pint.
* 1998 , Kirk Jones, Waking Ned , Tomboy films
A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
As nouns the difference between pint and tankard
is that pint is a unit of volume, equivalent to ⅛ of a gallon or while tankard is a large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.pint
English
(wikipedia pint)Noun
(en noun)- Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman
- Finn: You must have a terrible thirst on you tonight. I've never seen a man drink two pints at the same time.