cannikin

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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

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

No cannikin was skimped while I was at the spigot.

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

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)

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

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman