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Tappit hen

Tappit hen \Tap"pit hen`\

  1. A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.]
    --Jamieson.

  2. A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.]
    --Jamieson.

Wiktionary
tappit hen

n. 1 (context rare English) A bottle of wine in the port wine trade containing 2.25 liters of fluid, three times the volume of a standard bottle. 2 (context Scotland English) A hen with a tuft of feathers on her head.

Usage examples of "tappit hen".

At four, I pushed my chair away from the typewriter and left my cold flat for a warm pub, usually one just down the street called The Tappit Hen.