Cann

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of can (“container”). alt-of, obsolete

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721). countable, uncountable

Example

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"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."

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

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Cann River

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