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canner

English

Etymology

From Middle English canner; equivalent to can +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æn?(r)

Noun

canner (plural canners)

  1. Someone or something which cans.
    • 1937, Technology Review (volume 40, page 100)
      One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them []
  2. A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
  3. (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
    • 2007, Jon Mooallem, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration, New York Times, May 27, 2007, p. 7:
      Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day.
    • 2009, Camilo Jose Vergara, 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay., Slate.com, December 3, 2009:
      Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street.
  4. An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.
    Coordinate term: cutter
    • 1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry (page 89)
      Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners []

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ne/

Verb

canner

  1. (Quebec, informal) to can
  2. (France, slang) to die

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to can): mettre en conserve
  • (to die): mourir, clamser, clamecer, passer l'arme à gauche

Further reading

  • “canner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • cannere, kannere

Etymology

From canne +? -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kan?r(?)/

Noun

canner

  1. (rare) A manufacturer of cans.
  2. (rare, Late Middle English) A machine that removes impurities from wine.

Descendants

  • English: canner

References

  • “canner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-23.

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cannet

English

Alternative forms

  • cannit

Pronunciation

  • (Geordie) IPA(key): /kæn?t/

Contraction

cannet

  1. (Tyneside) cannot, can't

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