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cannakin

cannakin is the alternative form of canakin.

Meaning of canakin

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...

Forms of cannakin

pluralcannakins

Questions about cannakin

What is cannakin the alternative form of?
Cannakin is the alternative form of canakin.

Words near cannakin in the dictionary

  1. Cannady
  2. Cannae
  3. cannaflavin
  4. cannaflavins
  5. cannaigre
  6. cannakin
  7. cannakins
  8. cannamom
  9. cannamoms
  10. Cannan
  11. Cannanore

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