pannikin noun. ['panɪkɪn] E19.
[from PAN noun¹ after CANNIKIN.]
1. A small metal drinking-vessel, a cannikin; the contents of such a vessel. E19.

2. The head. Only in off one's pannikin, = off one's head s.v. HEAD noun. Austral. slang. L19.

Comb.:
pannikin-boss Austral. slang a minor overseer on a sheep station; a foreman.

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