canikin
canikin is the alternative form of canakin.
Meaning of canakin
Noun
canakin (plural canakins)
- 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...
- And let me the canakin clink, clink;
Forms of canikin
| plural | canikins |
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Origin of canikin
From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”). By surface analysis, can + -ikin.
Questions about canikin
- What is canikin the alternative form of?
- Canikin is the alternative form of canakin.
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