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jerrycans

jerrycans is the plural 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

Questions about jerrycans

What is jerrycans the plural of?
Jerrycans is the plural of jerrycan.

Words near jerrycans in the dictionary

  1. jerrybuilders
  2. jerrybuilding
  3. jerrybuilds
  4. jerrybuilt
  5. jerrycan
  6. jerrycans
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  8. jerrygibbsite
  9. jerrygibbsites
  10. jerrying
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