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pannikin

[ pan-i-kin ]

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a small pan or metal cup.


pannikin

/ ˈæɪɪ /

noun

  1. a small metal cup or pan
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pannikin1

First recorded in 1815–25; pan 1 + -i- + -kin
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pannikin1

C19: from pan 1+ -kin
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Onto each was dumped swiftly the regulation lunch—metal pannikin of pinkish-gray stew, a hunk of bread, a cube of cheese, a mug of milkless Victory Coffee, and one saccharine tablet.

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Then, as it was yet early, and they were about to prepare their coffee, we boiled up ours, and, passing round the billy, filled our pannikins to the health of the enemy.

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It consisted of a pannikin full of cocoa, and the same amount of pemmican with biscuit.

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They ate with a relish everything that Yung How placed before them, and washed down their meal with pannikins of crystal-clear water from the mountain spring that flowed past the temple.

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They examined his pannikin and found that the inside was wet.

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