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Small cup offered by girl in sanctimonious family
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pannikin
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Word definitions for pannikin in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pannikin \Pan"ni*kin\, n. [Dim. of pan a dish.] A small pan or cup. --Marryat. --Thackeray.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A cup or other vessel used for drink. 2 The contents of such a vessel.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small pan or cup (usually of tin)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small metal cup," 1823, described as a Suffolk dialect word, from pan (n.) + diminutive suffix -kin .
Usage examples of pannikin.
I said, drinking a little out of the pannikin and giving the rest to Hans, who gulped the fiery liquor down with a smack of his lips.
Presently, a farming man appeared, with a tin pannikin of a half-pint measure, and a stool with one leg.
The stool with one leg looked like a design to milk the animal, but what the tin pannikin was for was a mystery to me.
A gigantic green bottle, containing rum, graced one corner of the table, and in the centre was set, as a place of honour, the pannikin of milk which had been obtained by the united efforts of the establishments within reach.
The tin pannikin of each was then successively inserted in the decoction, to which was added some very dark-looking brown sugar.
Much to the disappointment of that thirsty individual, therefore, the cork remained undrawn, and the disconsolate Scroggs was obliged to solace himself with a pannikin of hot tea from the boiling kettle.
He evinced his delectation at the imbibing of the liquor by a grim smile, which made me involuntarily grasp my fowling-piece a little closer, and slapping his breast he held out the pannikin for a fresh supply.
He took up from an upturned box which served as a table a pannikin half full of liquid, turning it as far as he might without spilling its contents so that the crowd, or at least those immediately before his perch, could see that the pannikin did have contents.
He threaded his way over to it, to find Sunscorch, Pannikin, and Captain Swell trying to pry Captain Catapillow from a display cabinet.
At some time Pannikin had lost all his hair and one ear to a Nothing-laced explosion, and his bare skull was ridged with scars.
Stand the men down, Mister Pannikin, and prepare a side-party to welcome our illustrious visitor.
Jieret, on his knees, nursed a pannikin of water, steeping herbs for the mash of a drawing poultice.
Earl Jieret insisted, then swore a fierce oath as his jab to turn the coals beneath the pannikin shot up sparks that scorched a new hole in his buckskins.
This last was to his bay, which had shied suddenly as someone dropped a pannikin over by the fire.
He tipped out the last of his pannikin of tea, swilled it in the pail and poured in more from the billy-can.