noun
- small metal cups or drinking vessels, typically made of tin or enamel
Usage: chiefly British; often used in camping or outdoor contexts
Examples
- The campers drank their tea from battered pannikins around the fire.
- She packed the pannikins carefully in the camping kit.
- The old prospector carried his pannikins in his knapsack.
- Hot soup was served in metal pannikins to the hikers.
- The children’s pannikins clinked together as they toasted their adventure.
- He filled the pannikins with fresh water from the stream.