Definition of "billycan" [billycan]

• A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping. (noun)

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• "Or the evening when a Peshawari nightwatchman shared his billycan of sweet milky tea with me while I waited for the telegraph office to telex copy."
• "I added enough water to make a stiff paste and stirred thoroughly, then shaped the resulting green goo into cookies and placed them on a billycan lid to “bake” in the sun."
• "Slice the vegetables using a Leatherman or Swiss army knife; place them carefully in a billycan and add lots of water."