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oilcan

[oil-kan]
noun
  1. a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
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Origin of oilcan

First recorded in 1830–40; oil + can2
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Historical Examples

  • There was a saddlebag with spanner and oilcan, but no clue as to the owner.

    The Valley of Fear

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  • Sergeant Silk snatched the oilcan from Joe Halkett's grip and handed it to the fireman.

  • On the iron table stood an oilcan, and the small indicator-clock showed a few minutes to ten.

  • Telling the fireman he could go to sleep, he moved about the engine with an oilcan and afterwards cleaned the fire.

  • He found some waste and an oilcan in the tool-chest, and polished until the metal shone.

    Where the Blue Begins

    Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for oilcan

oilcan

noun
  1. a container with a long nozzle for applying lubricating oil to machinery
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