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

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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

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