cannikin
Example Sentences
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Tap the cannikin, troll the cannikin, Toss the cannikin, turn the cannikin!
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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
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)
No cannikin was skimped while I was at the spigot.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
