English Dictionary

pannikin

noun

A durable cup or other vessel used for drinking made of metal and coated in enamel. / The contents of such a vessel.

I poured the hot tea into the pannikin.

意味（1）

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

‘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.’

意味（2）

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.