Fir-kin... A small wooden barrel or covered vessel. usually equal to about 1/4 of a barrel or 9 gallons (34 liters)
"Interesting" part.....comes from dutch word ferdekin, probably from Middle Dutch *verdelkijn, diminutive of veerdel, one-fourth
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