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Definition of Canakins
1. canakin [n] - See also: canakin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canakins
Literary usage of Canakins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italian Cities by Edwin Howland Blashfield (1908)
"These delicacies were not for the apprentices; they brought their own empty flasks
and canakins to the wine-shop, to be filled with white Trebbiano; ..."
2. Recollections and Reflections: An Auto of Half a Century and More by Wharton Jackson Green (1906)
"But he who clinks canakins with honest Pat has the satisfaction of feeling that
while Her Majesty's money-bags may thereby weigh less than they ought ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"On one side is the kitchen, on the other the gast-stube, where all day long the
canakins clink and the incense of tobacco ascends in mighty clouds, ..."
4. In an Enchanted Island: Or A Winter's Retreat in Cyprus by William Hurrell Mallock (1892)
"On mornings like these one loses count of time, and my watch now gave me a start
by telling me that my host's canakins would soon be awaiting me; ..."
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