can·ner·y

[kan-uh-ree]
noun, plural can·ner·ies.
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; can2 + -ery

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cannery (ˈkænərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -neries
a place where foods are canned

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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.
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Word Origin & History

cannery
1879, from the derived verb from can (n.) + -ery.
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Example sentences
Her registration certificate shows that she registered for cannery or bottle
  labeling work only.
Look for the cannery cottages built for people who spent summers in the area
  canning salmon.
It is then either shipped to a cannery as a raw material input or sold for
  other commercial purposes.
He found work on the docks, and he worked at a cannery for a while, and then he
  loaded trucks.
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