cannikin

Example Sentences

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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)

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

No cannikin was skimped while I was at the spigot.

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

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

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)