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billy can noun- a can used for making coffee AUSTRALIA, 1885
- Bob came back to the tent carrying a blackened can for boiling coffee over an open fire. The old men who had been in Australia called it a “billy can.” — Russell Davis, Marine at War, p. 118, 1961
- a metal pail with a handle used for boiling water, making tea, cooking etc, over a fire when camping or in the bush AUSTRALIA, 1870
- [B]ony brought water, billycan and quart pot, tea and sugar, and a simple first-aid kit. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 13, 1959
- [T]here was a large billy-can by the side of the fire, with hot water for tea and coffee. — Herb Wharton, Cattle Camp, p. 99, 1994
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