blitz can

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–noun

Military. jerry can (def. 1).

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jerry can

–noun

1.	Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, five-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.

2.	British. a can with a capacity of 4 ¹/₂ imperial gallons (5.4 U.S. gallons or 20.4 liters).

Also, jer⋅ry⋅can, jer⋅ri⋅can.

Origin:
1940–45; appar. Jerry “German”; the British supposedly manufactured the can after a German prototype

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