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Definition of Billycan
1. Noun. (UK Australia South Africa) a lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billycan
1. a pot for heating water [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billycan
Literary usage of Billycan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Another suggested derivation is that billy is shortened from billycan, which is
said to be bully-can (sc. Fr. bouilli). In the early days " ba-uf bouilli" ..."
2. Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students by Joseph Colin Francis Johnson (1898)
"I filled our largest billycan, holding about a gallon, slung it over the fire
and added, as the wood burnt down, charcoal, till the top was covered to a ..."
3. The Emigrant: The Life, Experience and Humorous Adventures of A. Jager by A. Jager (1908)
"... so he put some in my billycan while I was attending to the horse for a moment
or so, and therefore did not keep an eye on the milk contract. ..."
4. The Song of the Manly Men: And Other Verses by Frank Hudson, Ballantyne Press (1908)
"Puffing my pipe in the ole patched tent, Watching the billycan boil, Where nobody
comes to collect the rent, And I pay myself for my toil. ..."
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