jerrycan in English
noun
1
a large, flat-sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
Children and adults, including elderly men and women, filled jerricans and other containers with water.
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1. When constructed the jerrycan (10) is sealed and is both water- and air-tight.
2. The word “Bidonville” comes from the French for “jerrycan,” the metal gasoline bottles once seen riding on the back of World War II jeeps