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jerrican

jerrican is the alternative spelling of jerrycan.

Meaning of jerrycan

Noun

jerrycan (plural jerrycans)

  1. A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel.
    • The police fell back, swatting and cursing. At the gateway, somebody grabbed a jerrycan of water from Jonamon's hut and flung its contents at the swarm.1987, Michael Swanwick, Vacuum Flowers, New York: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 46

Forms of jerrican

pluraljerricans

Questions about jerrican

What is jerrican the alternative spelling of?
Jerrican is the alternative spelling of jerrycan.

Words near jerrican in the dictionary

  1. jerreed
  2. jerreeds
  3. Jerrell
  4. Jerrells
  5. Jerri
  6. jerrican
  7. jerricans
  8. jerrid
  9. jerrids
  10. Jerrie
  11. jerried

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jerrican (page history and authors); jerrycan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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