cannikin

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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)

Dampier and Mr Hobby were left alone on their ship, within hearing of the buccaneers, who sang, and danced to the fiddle, and clinked the cannikin, till the moon had set.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

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

With the "kid," a. little tin cannikin was passed down with molasses.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman

At the final "Yo, ho, ho!" every cannikin crashed on the deal table and the lantern heaved to and fro overhead as if a gale were blowing outside.

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