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cannikin definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wooden bucket
2: a small can

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch kanneken, from Middle Dutch canneken, diminutive of canne can; akin to Old English canne can Date: 1570 a small can or drinking vessel

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a small can. Etymology: Du. kanneken (as CAN(2), -KIN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cannikin Can"ni*kin, n. [Can + -kin.] A small can or drinking vessel.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A small can: also, in the canting sense, the plague.