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billycan

n. (context UK Australia South Africa English) a lightweight pot for cooking or boiling water, used in camping.

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Billycan

A billycan is a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket commonly used for boiling water, making tea or cooking over a campfire or to carry water. These utensils are more commonly known simply as a billy or occasionally as a billy can (billy tin or billy pot in Canada).

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A deft tap with the parang split the coconut in two perfect halves and spilled the milk into a billycan.

Hermione had not packed any food in her magical bag, as she had assumed that they would be returning to Grimmauld Place that night, so they had had nothing to eat except some wild mushrooms that Hermione had collected from amongst the nearest trees and stewed in a Billycan.