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Definition of Jerrycan
1. a fuel container [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerrycan
Literary usage of Jerrycan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scars of Death: Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda by Human Rights Watch/Africa (1997)
"The young boy threw away the jerrycan and we began to run. In the confusion I
became separated from the old man and the young boy, and for a long time I was ..."
2. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"... tortured by UPDF soldiers, beaten with heavy canes, and in at least one case
burned on exposed skin with the drippings of a burning plastic jerrycan. ..."
3. Women in Emergencies by Donato Kiniger-Passigli (2000)
"I can't even go to the well because I do not have the strength to lift and carry
a jerrycan full of water. When the wound hurts, I ease the pain by applying ..."
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