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pannikin

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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 laid on the ground, serves to sit upon. Tin plates and pannikins... compose the tea service.’

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noun

Meaning 2

The contents of such a vessel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

a small pan or cup (usually of tin)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pan

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pannǭ Proto-West Germanic *pannā Old English panne Middle English panne English pan English -kin English pannikin From pan + -kin.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: канче (kanče) — a cup or other vessel for drinking
  • French: godet — a cup or other vessel for drinking
  • Italian: boccale — a cup or other vessel for drinking
  • Māori: panikena — a cup or other vessel for drinking
  • Russian: кру́жка (krúžka) — a cup or other vessel for drinking
  • French: godet — the contents of such a vessel