"canakin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkænəkɪn/ Forms: canakins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|dum|kanneken}} Middle Dutch kanneken, {{suffix|en|can|kin|id2=diminutive}} can + -kin Head templates: {{en-noun}} canakin (plural canakins)
  1. (archaic) A little can or cup. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: canikin, cannakin, cannikin, kannakin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1851, Herman Melville, chapter 84, in Moby Dick:",
          "text": "Then, Tashtego, lad, I'd have ye hold a canakin to the jet, and we'd drink round it!",
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