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cannikin

[kan-i-kin] / ˈkæn ɪ kɪn /




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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 John Masefield

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

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Herman Melville

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 Sir Sidney Lee

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 Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader

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

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


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