1825 Sierra Leone Gaz. 16 Sept. in 122 Fitted for the Slave Trade, with open hatches, boilers, irons, moveable deck, mess-kids, &c. &c.
1933 H. Allen II. iv. xxiv. 333 He [sc. Captain Jorham] set down the mess-kid in which only the wriggling weevils remained, triumphantly.
2009 D. Gabaldon xxx. 301 I sent him to rummage the crew's quarters for utensils—each man would have his own mess kid and spoon.