Sentence:  This container was a round lidded tin with a handle and was colloquially called a <WSD>growler</WSD>. ... to get daddy or mommy a <WSD>growler</WSD> of beer, which was, by the way, approximately a quart. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A kind of jug used to carry beer (in current usage, a 2-liter or 64-ounce container with or without a handle; sometimes extended to similarly shaped 32-ounce jug, but not bottles).