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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A large cylindrical or conical floating buoy, used as a mark for shoals, etc. See buoy.

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  • “It was only a can-buoy, lifting lonely to the swell.”

    The Happy Venture

  • “When he come to his office quarters he was 'bout up to my arms, red as a can-buoy, and white hair stickin 'up straight as a shoe-brush on his head.”

    The Under Dog

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  1. buoy

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  1. mooring-buoy

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  1. nautical
  1. maritime

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  • chained_bear "All was well here and moving very fast, and as he ran on deck, calling aloud for the jolly-boat and a can-buoy, some part of his mind had time to thank God for good officers..."
    --Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 187

    A Sea of Words lists the meaning as:
    "A navigational marker with a flat top, as opposed to a nun-buoy, which has a conical top, the underwater part being conical in both types." (126) Feb 21, 2008

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