Cannikin

  

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Cannikin

Definitions: Cannikin

Cannikin

Noun

1. A wooden bucket.

2. A small can.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cannikin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)

Note: Cannikin \Can"ni*kin\, noun. [Can -kin.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Cannikin

DomainDefinitions

Slang in 1811

CANNIKIN. A small can: also, in the canting sense, the plague. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Cannikin

Language Translations for "cannikin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kupë e vogël (canakin, canikin, finger bowl), kupë (beaker, canakin, canikin, canonry, canopy, cap, chalice, cornet, cup, cupping glass, goblet, heart, jorum, Mazer, mug, patella, plate, rummer, torus, tumbler, winebowl). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тенекиена кутия (canakin, canikin, tin, tin can), канче (canakin, canikin, mug, noggin, pannikin, pot). (various references)

   

Czech

  

malá plechovka (canakin). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kis kanna. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

annikincay

   

Portuguese

  

canequinha, lata pequena (canakin). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cãniţã de lemn. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

жестянка (canakin, canikin, tin). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kofa (bucket, canikin, hod, pail), kantica (canikin). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tacita (canakin, canikin, small cup). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

liten kanna. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

кухлик (noggin), бляшанка (can, tin), дерев'яне відерце. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ca nhỏ, bi đông nhỏ, bình nhỏ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cannikin

Derivations

Words beginning with "cannikin": cannikins. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cannikin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: canikin, ceannain, Sannikov. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cannikin"

Words rhyming with "cannikin" (pronounced 'Can"ni*kin'): Akin, Baudekin, Bearskin, Birdikin, Bootikin, Boydekin, Brodekin, Buckskin, Bumkin, Bumpkin, Buskin, Calfskin, Canakin, Catkin, Ciderkin, Cuskin, Damaskin, Deerskin, Devilkin, Dodkin, Doeskin, Dogskin, Doitkin, Elfkin, Finnikin, Firkin, foreskin, Gherkin, Girkin, goatskin, Grimalkin, Griskin, Hogskin, kilderkin, Kipskin, Ladkin, Ladykin, lambkin, lambskin, Larrikin, Latterkin, Likin, limpkin, Lordkin, Malkin, manikin, Mawkin, merkin, Miskin, moleskin, Morkin, mousekin, Muchkin, Napkin, Nipperkin, Oilskin, onionskin, Pannikin, Perkin, Pipkin, Princekin, Pumpkin, Punkin, Redskin, Romekin, Rumkin, Rutterkin, Scarfskin, sealskin, sheepskin, siskin, Slipskin, Sooterkin, Spilikin, Swanskin, Tamkin, Thickskin, Thumbkin, Villakin, Welkin, Wolfkin, Yakin. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cannikin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-k-n-n-n"

-1 letter: canikin.

-2 letters: nankin, niacin.

-3 letters: acini, kinin.

-4 letters: akin, cain, inia, kain, kina, nick.

-5 letters: ain, ani, can, ick, ink, inn, kin, nan.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-k-n-n-n"
 

+1 letter: cannikins.

 

+2 letters: nicknaming, pickaninny.

 

+4 letters: pickaninnies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Cannikin


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 61 6E 6E 69 6B 69 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -.    -.    ..    -.-    ..    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01100001 01101110 01101110 01101001 01101011 01101001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#97 &#110 &#110 &#105 &#107 &#105 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0061 006E 006E 0069 006B 0069 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3767808075777580

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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