billycan

== English == === Etymology === From billy +‎ can. === Pronunciation === === Noun === billycan (plural billycans) (UK, Australia, South Africa) A lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping. 2010, Nontsomi Langa, A Xhosa Story: Mbengu-Sonyanganzu, in Harold Scheub, The Uncoiling Python: South African Storytellers and Resistance, page 162, When they reached the river, Nqunuse's daughter's billycan began to leak. ==== Translations ==== === References === Swinging the Billycan: Making Tea in the Australian Bush, 2003-01-22, accessed 2007-02-16