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Example sentences for "pannikin"

Lexicographically close words:
pannels; panni; panniculus; pannier; panniers; pannikins; panning; pannis; panno; pano
  1. So saying, Magellan hands me a pannikin into which he had drawn off the quantity of water he had said was the allowance out of the barrico, which I told you contained some when the pinnace was wrecked.

  2. The soldiers were drinking 'ad libitum' from a pannikin which they dipped into a pail-bucket full of brandy.

  3. On my reaching the stockade with a pannikin of water for Teddy, I was amazed at the apathy showed by the diggers, who now crowded from all directions round the dead and wounded.

  4. After a few minutes the decoction would be poured into an iron bucket, some milk and sugar added, and placed upon the table, where each man helped himself by dipping his pannikin therein.

  5. We were muddy and wet from head to foot, without the means of making even a pannikin of tea, and the night was pitch dark.

  6. The only light is that procured from what is called a slush lamp, made by keeping an old bowl or pannikin replenished by refuse fat or dripping in which is inserted a thick cotton wick.

  7. Bull set the pannikin on the ground beside him.

  8. He put the pannikin to his lips and gulped down the contents.

  9. Every one had his arms ready for use at a moment's notice, and the two lads sat together nibbling the biscuit they had brought with them, and moistening it from time to time with a draught of the water from the big pannikin which they shared.

  10. A few minutes later he was sharing Don Ramon's shelter, and struggling hard to recoup nature with the broken biscuit he was soaking in a pannikin of water, while Fitz and his companions returned to their old station to resume the watch.

  11. Ah, no, she is probably about to convey a pannikin of worms for bait to one of the fishing boats.

  12. I can do with two blankets and a tin pannikin if it comes to that.

  13. He took the pannikin from the man and propped himself against a post which helped to support the roof of the veranda.

  14. Bill returned the empty pannikin and strolled down towards the corrals and sheds.

  15. The figure rose and fetched a pannikin of water from a pail.

  16. There was a pail of water with a tin pannikin beside the tent pole, and out of this I drank repeated draughts.

  17. At length, after we had spent nearly a whole day in squeezing a single pannikin of moisture from the sand scraped up at the bottom of the pit, we sadly moved over to the bitter wells.

  18. Then he would sink into an hour's dreamless slumber, to be awakened by a shove from the Reefer's friendly foot, and to find a steaming pannikin of tea ready at the side of his couch.

  19. I gave him a pannikin full o' hot tea, with a drop o' grog in it, and that seemed to make him awful bad.

  20. He tried to bribe me to this latter piece of simplicity by promising to wash the tin pannikin out for me first.

  21. On these occasions the traveller cares less about himself than his horse, and often have we served the latter out of our pannikin from holes into which he could not get his nose, whilst denying ourselves more than a little sip.

  22. There were, however, at hand for present use eight or nine pewter plates, and a goodly sized pannikin a-piece.

  23. They went to bed as usual that fourth night, but towards morning Vince somehow felt uneasy; and at last, being troubled by thirst, he determined to go up on deck and get a pannikin of water from the cask lashed by the mainmast.

  24. Boss, as he poured a revivifying dose of whisky into a pannikin held by the expectant but shivering boy.

  25. The elixir gurgled and glittered before his fascinated eyes until the pannikin held enough for two stiff nobblers, without evoking any polite verbal restraint.

  26. Now a drop of brandy," and, taking a pannikin handed to her, she poured a few drops into his mouth, bathing his forehead with the rest.

  27. When he reappeared he carried a tin pannikin in his hand, and stood motionless by the fire, staring out to sea.

  28. The tinker approached his fire and swilled something from his pannikin on to the glowing embers.

  29. It was burning when I entered, not brightly, but enough to show Mr. Shuan sitting at the table, with the brandy bottle and a tin pannikin in front of him.

  30. But the Captain only grunted and deftly tipped some rum into his tin pannikin as the bottle swung towards him on its way towards the roof.

  31. She raised herself on her left elbow, and he placed the tin pannikin of soup in front of her, together with some broken biscuit.

  32. Before waking me, Hendrick had brewed the coffee, so after hurriedly emptying a pannikin and adding a few rusks to the contents of my haversack, I seized a rifle and made a start.

  33. In the mass, the water looked muddy, but one could see the bottom of a pannikin filled with it, and the taste was delicious.

  34. Hendrick's pannikin was the only one available for use in the distribution of the precious fluid, so after regaling Fauna first and then Flora, the four men drew lots to determine who was to drink next.

  35. It was the first trial, and no little interest was felt as every man waded into the icy cold water, pannikin in hand, to scoop the sand aside and then get a tinful from as deep down as they could.

  36. We filled a tin pannikin with water and set it against the hot ashes to boil.

  37. I strapped my pannikin and a small axe about my waist, and thus equipped began to ascend the valley, angry at having been misled by Chowbok, but determined not to return till I was compelled to do so.

  38. Come, fill your pannikin and let us drink a health to our own souls!

  39. I poured this into a pannikin and took a sup, and a finer drop of spirits I never swallowed in all my life; its elegant perfume proved it amazingly choice and old.

  40. He shuddered, and extended the pannikin for more liquor.

  41. But though he said this grinning, he shot a savage look of malice at me, and when he put his pannikin down his face was very clouded and sulky.

  42. I filled a pipe, made me a little pannikin of punch, and sat down before the fire to think.

  43. And with a savage flourish of the pannikin he put it to his lips and drained it.

  44. I filled a pannikin with the melted wine, which he swallowed thirstily.

  45. You might starve working on Mount Morgan or Broken Hill with a pick and pannikin, though on an alluvial your pick and pannikin would be all you needed.

  46. So much machinery is necessary now that no ordinary single man can own the machinery he needs to work with as he could in the old pick and pannikin days.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pannikin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.