cannikin

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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 Lee, Sidney, Sir

He has set twenty-two of Shakespeare's lyrics to music of the old English school, such as his uproarious "Let me the cannikin clink," and his dainty "Tell me where is fancy bred."

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

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

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman

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 Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)

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 Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Stevenson, Robert Louis