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lading-cans

lading-cans is the plural of lading-can.

Meaning of lading-can

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.

Questions about lading-cans

What is lading-cans the plural of?
Lading-cans is the plural of lading-can.

Words near lading-cans in the dictionary

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

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