pannikin

[ pan-i-kin ]

/ ˈpæn ɪ kɪn /

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noun Chiefly British.

a small pan or metal cup.

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Origin of pannikin

First recorded in 1815–25; pan¹ + -i- + -kin

Words nearby pannikin

pannage, panne, pannhas, panniculus, pannier, pannikin, pannikin boss, panning shot, Pannini, Pannonia, pannose

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How to use pannikin in a sentence

Seeing his prisoner firmly bound, he ventured within with the customary bowl of rice and pannikin of water.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham
Ulick drew a pannikin of water and offered it to Constans that he might bathe his face, which was badly puffed and marked.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
Poetry in cabbage-stalks, eaten with all the mud on, and ditch water scooped up in a dirty pannikin!
Out in the Forty-Five|Emily Sarah Holt
I said I could not look at it: and thereupon he gave me some brandy and water in a tin pannikin, and left me once more to myself.
Kidnapped|Robert Louis Stevenson

The padre asked Lane if he would like a wad, that is a pannikin, of tea, and Lane said he would.
In the Line of Battle|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pannikin

pannikin

/ (ˈpænɪkɪn) /

noun

mainly British a small metal cup or pan

Word Origin for pannikin

C19: from pan 1 + -kin

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