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pannikin (n.)

"small metal cup for drinking," 1823, from pan (n.) + diminutive suffix -kin. Described originally as a Suffolk dialect word, OED reports it "Exceedingly common in Austr[alia]."

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Definitions of pannikin from WordNet

pannikin (n.)
a small pan or cup (usually of tin);
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