PANNIKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pannikin mean? 

• PANNIKIN (noun)
  The noun PANNIKIN has 1 sense:

1. a small pan or cup (usually of tin)

  Familiarity information: PANNIKIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANNIKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small pan or cup (usually of tin)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pannikin" is a kind of...):

pan (shallow container made of metal)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

“Dick,” said Silver, “I trust you. I've a gauge on the keg, mind. There's the key; you fill a pannikin and bring it up.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Near Shotwood he came upon five seamen, on their way from Poole to Southampton—rude red-faced men, who shouted at him in a jargon which he could scarce understand, and held out to him a great pot from which they had been drinking—nor would they let him pass until he had dipped pannikin in and taken a mouthful, which set him coughing and choking, with the tears running down his cheeks.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When Dick returned, one after another of the trio took the pannikin and drank—one To luck, another with a Here's to old Flint, and Silver himself saying, in a kind of song, Here's to ourselves, and hold your luff, plenty of prizes and plenty of duff.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)