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Definition of Pannikin
1. Noun. A small pan or cup (usually of tin).
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Pannikin
1. n. A small pan or cup.
Definition of Pannikin
1. Noun. A cup or other vessel used for drinking. ¹
2. Noun. The contents of such a vessel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pannikin
1. a small saucepan [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pannikin
Literary usage of Pannikin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1906)
"pannikin Hill, on the east side of the Whitianga Biver, four miles from its mouth,
Mercury Bay district. Formation.—Acid group of Pliocene age. Remarks. ..."
2. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"I cannot see the pannikin ; it is not in the miam ; I have looked all about. Oh!
big one, stupid me ; it is behind the miam by that gum-tree. ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"His first act was to step up to the kid, dip a pannikin into it, and take a sip.
The brew was evidently to his taste, for he gave the cook a nod, ..."
4. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"I cannot see the pannikin ; it is not in the miam ¡ I have looked all about. Oh !
big one, stupid me ; it is behind the miam by ..."
5. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"The biscuit was all finished, and with only one pannikin of ... Then we had one
pannikin of tea and one ounce of chocolate, and marched till 4.45 PM We had ..."
6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"pannikin, n. a small tin cup for drinking. The word is not Australian. Webster refers
to Marryat and Thackeray. The ' Century ' quotes Blackmore. ..."
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