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"A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler."
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"(dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler."
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"A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin."
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"(dialect, historical) A smaller vessel, often graduated for volume, used by traditional grocers for measuring goods such as sugar or rice from bulk to retailable quantities; a piggin."
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