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pannikin
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synonyms: canakin, cannakin, ~porringer ???
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Definition:a metal drinking cup
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Onto each [tray] 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.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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"Dick," said Silver, "I trust you. I've a gauge on the keg, mind. There's the key; you fill a pannikin and bring it up."
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1883)
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even the best of hunters must stop at a cottage now and then, to ask for a handful of salt or a pannikin of milk.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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I poured a stiff dose into the pannikin, and taking first pull, passed it on to Tepi and the other man.
Louis Becke. The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton (1902)
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I got my share of rum in a tin pannikin and made a sign to Chowbok to follow me to the wool-shed, which he willingly did, slipping out after me, and no one taking any notice of either of us.
Samuel Butler. Erewhon
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culinary masterpieces which had been first got ready in some of the great array of vessels, triumphs of the potter's craft, which ranged from tubs and boilers and cauldrons and fish kettles down to jars for game, moulds for pastry, and tiny pannikins for cream, and included an entire collection of pots and pans of every shape and size.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] (1913)
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lifting light glasses and cups to his lips, as if they were clumsy pannikins,—of chopping a wedge off his bread,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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A litter of empty tins showed that the place had been occupied for some time, and I saw, as my eyes became accustomed to the checkered light, a pannikin and a half-full bottle of spirits standing in the corner.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902)
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