Weekend Challenge volunteers, sign up here!

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Hey everyone, I'm looking for volunteers to run weekend challenges for the first half of 2023. Comment here if you're interested!

I know most of you know the drill, but if you haven't done one before and would like to give it a go, check the tags to have a look at how they normally operate, and you can also check out last year's volunteer schedule (linked at top left of main page), which goes into some detail of what we expect.

The one thing I would ask this year is if people can schedule their own reminders once your dates are set, as I have a lot going on this time around and can't guarantee I'll remember to let you know when your turn is up.

I'll be scheduling the weekends from next week to mid-July, so be sure to let me know any weekends that won't work for you.

Also let me know how many weekends you think you can handle in the six months, bearing in mind it will depend how many volunteers we have! Usually it works out to a maximum of 4 or 5, but you can choose to do less.

Come on down and put your hand up here! 🖐

Word of the Day 01/12/23 Cannikin

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Cannikin (noun)
cannikin or can·i·kin [ kan-i-kin ]

noun
1. a small can or drinking cup.
2. a small wooden bucket.

WORDS RELATED TO CANNIKIN
bottle, bucket, canister, jar, package, bowl, drink, mug, aluminum, gunboat, receptacle, tin, vessel, beaker, chalice, cupful, demitasse, draught, goblet, grail

See synonyms for cannikin on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle Dutch cannekijn “little can,” equivalent to Middle Dutch canne “can” (Dutch kanne ) (see can) + -kijn, a diminutive suffix; see origin at -kin

HOW TO USE CANNIKIN IN A SENTENCE
He did not cease smoking for a moment, unless it was to drink from a cannikin of brandy placed before him.
THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS, VOLUME 1 OF 6|EUGNE SUE

With the "kid," a. little tin cannikin was passed down with molasses.
REDBURN. HIS FIRST VOYAGE|HERMAN MELVILLE

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.