"cann" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: canns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cann (plural canns)
  1. Obsolete spelling of can (container). Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: can (extra: container)
    Sense id: en-cann-en-noun-Lwk3G-PC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 57 2 2 4 2 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 1 1 3 1 44

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He out his Dagger drew; / Cuts-plutter-a-nails, quoth Taffy then, / A Welchman is a Shentleman, / Come Hostess fill's the other Cann, / For Joan's Ale, &c.",
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