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canister shot

[kan-uh-ster]

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noun

a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.

Also called canister shot. case shot.

the part of a gas mask containing the neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered.

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Origin:
1670–80; < Latin canistrum wicker basket < Greek kánastron, derivative of kánna reed (see cane), with -astron, variant of -tron suffix of instrument (probably from verbal derivatives, as stégastron covering, from stegázein to cover)

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Canister shot is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.