pannikin
pannikin noun: a durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel.
Noun
pannikin (plural pannikins)
- A durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel.
- ‘a block of wood forms a table, and this is the only furniture; many dispense with that. The bedding, which is laid on the ground, serves to sit upon. Tin plates and pannikins… compose the tea service.’1852, Ellen Clacy (diarist), cited in Susan Lawrence, "Households on Australian goldfields" in Penelope M. Allison (ed.), The Archaeology of Household Activities, London: Routledge, 1999
- Scarcely had we got things fixed and supper under weigh, when a yell from Boteler, 'He's going to spout!' caused us to drop teapot and pannikin, and tumble out of the tent in half no time.1876, Earl of Dunraven, The Great Divide: Travels in the Upper Yellowstone in the Summer of 1874, London: Chatto and Windus, page 265
- The contents of such a vessel.
- “[…] Put the billy on the fire, Jimmy, and we’ll drink him a good voyage in half a pannikin of tea before we turn in.”1903, Ernest W. Hornung, chapter 18, in Denis Dent, New York: Frederck A. Stokes, page 183
pannikin meaning in Kannada
pannikin in Kannada
- ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಪಾನಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಕುಡಿಯುವ ಲೋಹದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಲೋಟ, ಅದರೊಳಗಿನ ಪದಾರ್ಥ
Examples of pannikin in a sentence
- A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:
- Some brought out pannikins of water to the fleeing Jews; others laughed and jeered.1950, Isaac Bashevis Singer, translated by A.H. Gross, The Family Moskat, New York: Knopf, Part V, Chapter 1, p. 258:
- Water was seriously rationed, and each slave was given half a pint of water served in a pannikin.2007, Toyin Falola, Amanda Warnock, editors, Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, page 131:
Forms of pannikin
| plural | pannikins |
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Origin of pannikin
From pan + -ikin.
Words formed from pannikin
Phrases with pannikin
Questions about pannikin
- What does pannikin mean?
- Pannikin means a durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel.
- What is pannikin in Kannada?
- Pannikin in Kannada is ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಪಾನಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಕುಡಿಯುವ ಲೋಹದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಲೋಟ, ಅದರೊಳಗಿನ ಪದಾರ್ಥ. See Pannikin meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use pannikin in a sentence?
- A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.
- What part of speech is pannikin?
- Pannikin is a noun.
- What is the plural of pannikin?
- The plural of pannikin is pannikins.
Words near pannikin in the dictionary
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