Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
posnet .
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Examples
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The small porringers are sometimes called posnets, which is an old-time word that may originally have referred to a posset-cup.
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I have also been told that these little porringers were not posnets, but simply the samples of work made by apprentices in the pewterer's trade to show their skill and proficiency.
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By these records we see that posnets were of various metals, and sometimes had covers.
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I have heard the tiny little shallow pewter porringers, about two or three inches in diameter, with pierced handles, which are still found in New England, called posnets.
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