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canakin

/ˈkænəkɪn/

canakin noun: a little can or cup.

Noun

canakin (plural canakins)

  1. (archaic) A little can or cup.
    • And let me the canakin clink, clink;
      And let me the canakin clink
      A soldier's a man;
      A life's but a span;
      Why, then, let a soldier drink.
      Some wine, boys!c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!1851, Herman Melville, chapter 84, in Moby Dick

Forms of canakin

pluralcanakins
alternative formcanikin
alternative formcannakin
alternative formcannikin
alternative formkannakin

Origin of canakin

From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin.

Questions about canakin

What does canakin mean?
Canakin means a little can or cup.
What part of speech is canakin?
Canakin is a noun.
How do you pronounce canakin?
Canakin is pronounced /ˈkænəkɪn/.
What is the plural of canakin?
The plural of canakin is canakins.

Words near canakin in the dictionary

  1. Canajans
  2. Canajoharie
  3. canajong
  4. Canajun
  5. Canajuns
  6. canakin
  7. canakins
  8. canakinumab
  9. canal
  10. canal basin
  11. canal basins

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