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Canakin means (archaic) A little can or cup..
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/ˈkænəkɪn/ · noun
(archaic) A little can or cup..
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!
Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
That our Dutchman was a gay fellow, who loved, to clink the canakin and spend his leisure in social jollification, his face and art most royally proclaim.
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Canakin means (archaic) A little can or cup..
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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!
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