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Definition of Canikin
1. cannikin [n -S] - See also: cannikin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canikin
Literary usage of Canikin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Little Book of Songs and Ballads: Gathered from Ancient Musick Books, Ms by Edward Francis Rimbault (1851)
"Tappe the canikin, Tosse the canikin, Trole the ... Turn the canikin. Hold, good
sonne, and fill us a fresh can, ..."
2. The Coming General Election: Hints to Electors in Regard to Ecclesiastical ...by Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control by Society for the Liberation of Religion from State Patronage and Control (1856)
"Tappe the canikin, Tosa the ... Trole the canikin, Turne the canikin— Hold good
sonne, and fill us a fresh can, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"The sailor, a good-natured Greenlander, laughs at bis simplicity, and doctors
him with a canikin of rum and some ship bis- cuita, which enable him to get ..."
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