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pannikins

pannikins is the plural of pannikin.

Meaning of pannikin

Noun

pannikin (plural pannikins)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Questions about pannikins

What is pannikins the plural of?
Pannikins is the plural of pannikin.

Words near pannikins in the dictionary

  1. pannikin
  2. pannikin boss
  3. pannikin bosses
  4. pannikinful
  5. pannikinfuls
  6. pannikins
  7. pannikinsful
  8. panning
  9. panning and scanning
  10. panning out
  11. pannings

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