| 释义 |
billy-can Austral. and N.Z.|ˈbɪlɪˌkæn|
[f. billy3 + can n.1]
= billy3.
1885C. Praed Head Stat. xxiii, I lost the billy-can-lid. 1899‘S. Rudd’ On our Selection 96 He carried no swag or billycan. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Apr. 21/4 It contains half a dozen fire-blackened billy-cans. 1951Here & Now (N.Z.) May 27/1 In many suburbs billy cans are still used for deliveries, the milk being ladled out of a container that is open to germs and dust. |