Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small pan; hence, a cup for drinking, especially one of metal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small pan or cup.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cup or othervessel used fordrinking . - noun The contents of such a vessel.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
Etymologies
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Examples
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A tin pannikin rolled down the inclined plane, rattling and banging.
The Lost Poacher 2010
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It is astonishing how quickly you get used to doing without a handkerchief and to eating out of the tin pannikin in which you also wash.
Homage to Catalonia 1938
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A tin pannikin rolled down the inclined plane, rattling and banging.
The Lost Poacher 1922
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A tin pannikin rolled down the inclined plane, rattling and banging.
The Lost Poacher 1901
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With less hunger he might have found it nauseous; for the bread was incredibly mouldy and had been gnawed all round the crust by rats, while the liquor in the pannikin was a mixture of fiery rum and unclean water.
The Blue Pavilions Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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If you want what old-timers used to call their pannikin of rum, you'll be welcome to it.
The Pagan Madonna Harold MacGrath 1901
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On to each was dumped swiftly the regulation lunch -- a metal pannikin of pinkish-grey stew, a hunk of bread, a cube of cheese, a mug of milkless Victory Coffee, and one saccharine tablet.
Eat Well, Move More, Live Longer. . . ? Dungeekin 2009
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His pannikin and unwashed eating-gear from the last meal were scattered on the floor: His blankets were wet, his clothing was wet.
CHAPTER XXXI 2010
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The light was very dim down in the cellar, and before I knew it some other man had thrust a pannikin into my other hand.
THE SPIKE 2010
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On to each was dumped swiftly the regulation lunch -- a metal pannikin of pinkish-grey stew, a hunk of bread, a cube of cheese, a mug of milkless Victory Coffee, and one saccharine tablet.
Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009
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