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Definition of Pannikins
1. pannikin [n] - See also: pannikin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pannikins
Literary usage of Pannikins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Continent of Australia and the Island of Tasmania (1787 to by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke (1877)
"... and drank out of tin "pannikins"); the larger transactions of merchants and
speculators were closed with champagne breakfasts, until bottles covered the ..."
2. Under Egyptian Palms: Or, Three Bachelors' Journeyings on the Nile by Howard Hopley (1869)
"After landing, we deposited our cook and his pannikins in one of the deserted
courts of the great temple, there, amid the shadow of those stately pillars, ..."
3. Recent British Philosophy: Including Some Comments on Mr. Mill's Answer to by David Masson (1877)
"There is nothing worth having in the pannikins that is not in the buckets; and
there is a vast deal in the buckets—or, at least, in the last two—that has ..."
4. Portland Cement, Its Manufacture, Testing, and Use by David Butler Butler (1905)
"Where separate drying floors are used, and the slurry has to be handed up into
the kilns, round wrought-iron tins, or " pannikins " as they are called, ..."
5. Recent British Philosophy: A Review, with Criticisms by David Masson (1867)
"There is nothing worth having in the pannikins that is not in the buckets ; and
there is a vast deal in the buckets—or, at least, in the last two— that has ..."
6. A Voyage to Australia and New Zealand, Including a Visit to Adelaide by John Askew (1857)
"The drop scene was made by fastening three coverlets together, and a number of
pannikins fastened together on a string, served for a bell. ..."
7. The People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
"The man beside me ate his own share, and mine to boot, scraped the pannikins,
and looked hungrily for more. " I met a ' towny,' and he stood me too good a ..."
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