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cannikin

[kan-i-kin]

noun

a small can or drinking cup.

a small wooden bucket.

Also, canikin.

Origin:
1560–70; < Middle Dutch cannekijn little can, equivalent to canne can² + -kijn -kin

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cannikin, canakin or canikin (ˈkænɪkɪn)

—n
	a small can, esp one used as a drinking vessel

[C16: from Middle Dutch kanneken; see can², -kin]

canakin, canakin or canikin

—n

[C16: from Middle Dutch kanneken; see can², -kin]

canikin, canakin or canikin

—n

[C16: from Middle Dutch kanneken; see can², -kin]

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