Canful

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    As much as a can will hold.

    "Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. / I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair / That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. / Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."

  2. 2
    the quantity contained in a can wordnet

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cancan

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"Once off the bush / The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. / I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair / That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. / Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not."

Etymology

From can + -ful.

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