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Webster 1913 Edition
Canakin
Can′a-kin
,Noun.
[Dim. of
can
.] A little can or cup.
“And let me the canakin clink.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Canakin
CANAKIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
canakin
canakin
English
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Noun
canakin (plural canakins)
- (archaic) A little can or cup.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 2, sc. 3:
- And let me the canakin clink, clink;
- And let me the canakin clink
- A soldier's a man;
- A life's but a span;
- Why, then, let a soldier drink.
- Some wine, boys!
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, ch. 84:
- Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 2, sc. 3:
References
- canakin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913