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rackans

rackans is the plural of rackan.

Meaning of rackan

Noun

rackan (plural rackans)

  1. (Northern England, UK, dialectal) A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.

Questions about rackans

What is rackans the plural of?
Rackans is the plural of rackan.

Words near rackans in the dictionary

  1. rack-rents
  2. Racka
  3. rackable
  4. rackabones
  5. rackan
  6. rackans
  7. rackarock
  8. rackboard
  9. rackboards
  10. racke
  11. racked

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