cankin

noun

cankin

noun

Etymology From can + -kin.

1

Dialectal, Obsolete A small tin cannister.

And he is no right soldier that loves not the can. Tap the cankin, toss the cankin, Trow^([sic]) the cankin, turn the cankin.1779, The Scots Nightingale:

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