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Word: Cannikin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 16th century; earliest use found in Alexander Barclay (c1484–1552), poet and clergyman. Apparently from Dutch kanneken small can or other small container (although this is first attested considerably later: 1648) from kanne + -ken
Definition:
A small can, or other small container, especially one used as a drinking vessel.
Variant Forms:
- cannakin
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