What's the difference between tankard and tanyard?
Tankard
Definition:
(n.) A large drinking vessel, especially one with a cover.
Example Sentences:
(1) That merriment is not just tankards and quaintness and mimsy Morris dancing, but a witty, angry and tender fire at the centre of Englishness.
(2) The tankard, a snip at £9.95, regulates the intake with phrases such as "your beer is running dangerously low" and "refill immediately - danger of sobering up".
(3) Or, if it's on the specials board, try a Hennessy Smash – a cognac and strawberry drink served, incongruously, in a half-pint tankard.
(4) You'll also like the dimpled half-pint mugs, the tiny tankards for tasters and the pub's monthly War of the Roses, a Lancashire-versus-Yorkshire brewery showdown.
(5) Ten and more faecal coliform germs could be detected in 4.7% of the mechanically rinsed tankards and in 12.1% of those cleaned in open vats.
Tanyard
Definition:
(n.) An inclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on; a tannery.