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jerry can

n. (alternative spelling of jerrycan English)

Usage examples of "jerry can".

When these were lodged in his weapon, he fired once more from a steady standing position, and then, insanely plowing through the redolent glop, slipping and pitching forward, sideways, and back, he blasted away on the run three more times, hitting in rapid succession: the windshield of a discarded car, a leaky plastic jerry can, and the upside-down bulldozer.

I pick up the computer box and dangle it above the water on the opposite side of the boat, so that Jerry can't grab at it.