cannikin

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A form of canakin — A little can or cup.

OriginMiddle Dutch kanneken →
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Meanings

nouncannikin (plural cannikins)

plural cannikins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of canakin.

    Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely.

    1907 February 2, The Chronicle, Adelaide, page 50, column 2

Origin

  1. Middle Dutchkanneken
  2. Englishcannikin

From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”). By surface analysis, can + -ikin.

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APA

cannikin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannikin

MLA

“cannikin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannikin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cannikin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannikin.

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