Definition of "pannikin" [pan•ni•kin]

• A cup or other vessel used for drinking. (noun)
• The contents of such a vessel. (noun)

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• "It is astonishing how quickly you get used to doing without a handkerchief and to eating out of the tin pannikin in which you also wash."
• "A tin pannikin rolled down the inclined plane, rattling and banging."
• "With less hunger he might have found it nauseous; for the bread was incredibly mouldy and had been gnawed all round the crust by rats, while the liquor in the pannikin was a mixture of fiery rum and unclean water."