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What is the noun for billycans?

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billy
  1. A billy club.
  2. A billy goat.
    1. A male goat; a ram.
  3. (Geordie) A good friend.
  4. (Australia, New Zealand) A tin used by bushmen to boil tea, a billypot.
  5. (Britain, Australia, Canada) A billycan.
  6. A slubbing or roving machine.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Billy was horrified when he stumbled upon the old wooden billy in the attic, a reminder of a painful era of discipline.”
      “If you want to arm pilots, it would be much smarter to give them billy clubs or tasers.”
      “Uncastrated billy goats are smelly and are very noisy when separated from the does.”
billypot
  1. (Scotland) A cooking pot.
  2. (Australia) A billycan used to boil tea.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The hiker carried his billypot to the campsite, ready to boil water for tea over the campfire.”
billycan
  1. (Britain, Australia, South Africa) a lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If I decide I want to camp out in my village I won't have filled my billycan before I'm told to scarper.”
      “My life was only saved by a lone ranger who spotted my lifeless body, stopped his Land Rover and let me drink from his billycan.”
      “It heats up very well but you can only use one billycan at a time.”
billypots
billycans
billies
  1. plural of billy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Back at this home base, the billies were soon boiling and a cup of tea never tasted better.”
      “The dressing stations will be busy enough without having to patch up silly billies who didn't wear sensible shoes.”
      “This is a very good alternative crop for farmers and I do not want it to be jeopardised by some silly billies in society.”
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