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cannikin, canikin|ˈkænɪkɪn|
Forms: 6–9 canni-, cani-, 7 canna-, 9 canakin.
[dim. f. can n.1: cf. Du. kanneken, Eng. mannikin, pannikin, and see -kin.]
a. A small can or drinking vessel.
1570Leg. Bp. St. Andrew in Sc. Poems 16th C. 18. 313 (Jam.) Carruse, and hald the cannikin klynclene. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 71 And let me the Cannakin clinke, clinke. [1658Hexham Du. Dict., Kanneken, a small Canne, Pot, or Cruse.] 1764Gentl. Mag. XXXIV. 89 And clink the cannikin here below. 1845Browning Flight of Duchess xvi. 1 When the liquor's out why clink the cannikin? 1849Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 570 With a canikin of rum.
b. slang. (See quots.)
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. iii. §68 Cannikin, the Plague. 1690in B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew. |