Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large can for carrying milk to market or to customers.
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Examples
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Corliss obeyed wonderingly, stepping aside from the beaten path, lying down in the snow, and dipping into the water-hole with an empty condensed milk-can.
CHAPTER 16 2010
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They are no bigger than ordinary large milk-can lids, and of the same form; they are loose, as with a milk-can, and are put on in the same way.
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They had only a little round opening on the top, closed with an aluminium lid, which fitted exactly like the lid of a milk-can.
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The Maoists attempted to blow up the Manihari road over-bridge, using 'milk-can bombs', in a bid to disrupt the transport link between the target of the attack and the district headquarters at Sitamarhi.
The Enduring Shock Abhay N 2007
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I should return, bruised and bloody, with the milk-can under my arm.
Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004
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Yes, I should have the milk-can — I should keep my eye on that ....
Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004
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They are no bigger than ordinary large milk-can lids, and of the same form; they are loose, as with
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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Then he handed to her an old copper milk-can, and said:
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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It was not at all easy to fill the milk-can, which was large and round.
The Red Fairy Book 2003
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They had only a little round opening on the top, closed with an aluminium lid, which fitted exactly like the lid of a milk-can.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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