The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canakin
Canakin \Can"a*kin\, n. [Dim. of can.]
A little can or cup. ``And let me the canakin clink.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
canakin
n. (context archaic English) A little can or cup.
Usage examples of "canakin".
Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!
Then, Tashtego, lad, I’d have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we’d drink round it!
At this a great shout of laughter went up from all around, for the night before the stout Friar had emptied twice as many canakins of ale as any one of all the merry men.