billycan

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billycan

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From billy + can.

noun billycans

Australia, South Africa, UK A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping. The filling of the billycan, cutting the supports to hang it over the fire, was a public show, but many times he would do this anyway to entertain himself. He unpacked the billycan from his old rucksack and I got out the tea and sugar. He filled the billy, then used his penknife to cut sticks to han
Similar: billypot, billy tin, billy

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noun lightweight pot

Français	gamelle
Italiano	gamella

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"billycan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/billycan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{billycan_2026,
  title = {billycan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/billycan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}