cannikin

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He was one who would go where the cannikin clinked, not caring who should pay; and from supping in the wolves’ den, there is but a step to hunting with the pack.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

He has set twenty-two of Shakespeare's lyrics to music of the old English school, such as his uproarious "Let me the cannikin clink," and his dainty "Tell me where is fancy bred."

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

Tap the cannikin, troll the cannikin, Toss the cannikin, turn the cannikin!

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

When Iago sings a verse of the song beginning, "And let me the cannikin clink," and ending, "Why then let a soldier drink," Cassio commends the excellence of the ditty.

From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir

No cannikin was skimped while I was at the spigot.

From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)