Canakin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkænəkɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Canakin is a noun meaning (archaic) A little can or cup.
Meaning
(archaic) A little can or cup.
Example Sentences
Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
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!
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.
Word Forms
- canakins
- canikin
- cannakin
- cannikin
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clink, cannakin, kannakin, cannikin, canikin, catling.
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