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cannikin

cannikin 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 cannikin

pluralcannikins

Origin of cannikin

From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”). By surface analysis, can + -ikin.

Questions about cannikin

What is cannikin the alternative form of?
Cannikin is the alternative form of canakin.

Words near cannikin in the dictionary

  1. cannier
  2. canniest
  3. Canniff
  4. Canniffs
  5. canniflavone
  6. cannikin
  7. cannikins
  8. cannily
  9. canniness
  10. canning
  11. canning it

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