"oil can" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oil cans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} oil can (plural oil cans)
  1. Alternative form of oilcan. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oilcan
    Sense id: en-oil_can-en-noun-gAns1VEe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The Dutch oil can is a wicked looking object about a yard long and each driver has his own place for keeping it, varying from behind the brake pump to the top of the outer firebox inside the cab.",
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