pannikin
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pannikin
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- A durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel. 1852, Ellen Clacy (diarist), cited in Susan Lawrence, "Households on Australian goldfields" in Penelope M. Allison (ed.), The Archaeology of Household Activities, London: Routledge, 1999, ‘a block of wood forms a table, and this is the only furniture; many dispense with that. The bedding, which is l
- The contents of such a vessel. “[…] Put the billy on the fire, Jimmy, and we’ll drink him a good voyage in half a pannikin of tea before we turn in.”
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Talk about this word "pannikin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pannikin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pannikin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pannikin "pannikin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pannikin.
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@misc{pannikin_2026,
title = {pannikin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pannikin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
