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lading-can

lading-can noun: a tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.

Noun

lading-can (plural lading-cans)

  1. (dialectal, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
    • Hurriedly taking off her bodice, she crouched at the boiler while the water ran slowly into her lading-can.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 5”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
  2. (dialectal, historical) A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin.

Forms of lading-can

plurallading-cans

Questions about lading-can

What does lading-can mean?
Lading-can means a tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler.
What part of speech is lading-can?
Lading-can is a noun.
What is the plural of lading-can?
The plural of lading-can is lading-cans.

Words near lading-can in the dictionary

  1. ladilike
  2. ladily
  3. Ladin
  4. ladiness
  5. lading
  6. lading-can
  7. lading-cans
  8. ladings
  9. Ladinian
  10. ladino
  11. ladinos

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