pannikin
/ˈpænɪkɪn/
noun
- A small metal cup or drinking vessel, typically used for drinking tea, coffee, or water, especially outdoors or in simple settings.
- He poured hot tea from the kettle into his tin pannikin.
- The hiker carried a small pannikin clipped to her backpack for drinking from streams.
- At the campsite, everyone shared a pannikin of water after the long hike.
- The amount that a pannikin can hold, used as a unit of measure for liquids.
- He measured out a pannikin of broth for the soup.
- The recipe called for a pannikin of milk, but she used a regular cup instead.
- She drank a pannikin of cold water to quench her thirst.