canakin
noun/ˈkænəkɪn/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin.
- borrowed from kanneken
Definitions
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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA