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cannikin

[kan-i-kin] / ˈkæn ɪ kɪn /




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At the final "Yo, ho, ho!" every cannikin crashed on the deal table and the lantern heaved to and fro overhead as if a gale were blowing outside.

From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader

He was one who would go where the cannikin clinked, not caring who should pay; and from supping in the wolves’ den, there is but a step to hunting with the pack.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

No cannikin was skimped while I was at the spigot.

From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader

When Iago sings a verse of the song beginning, "And let me the cannikin clink," and ending, "Why then let a soldier drink," Cassio commends the excellence of the ditty.

From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee

With the "kid," a. little tin cannikin was passed down with molasses.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville


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