billy-can

With my bundle on my shoulder and a billy-can in my hand;

Wild Young Irish Boy 1996

I'd have laid a million to one that I'd not return to that little stand of white poplars south of the Moochee Gate where I'd sat by the fire with Gardner - yet here I was, only a few weeks later, with the flames crackling under the billy-can resting on the self-same red stone With the crack in it.

Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

Pick the remnants of your swag up, pick your billy-can and bag up

Battler's Ballad 1980

He took his time, and brought out from under the rags a frying pan, a billy-can, a spoon and fork.

Maigret and the Bum Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1963

Perhaps the drivers of one team would have one billy-can, the genuine article, between them, and this is large enough to hold about four mugs of tea.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

“Tea ain't any good to drink unless you can put a stick straight up in it, and it can stand alone there,” joked an old swagman, who had invited us to partake of a hospitable “billy-can” with him.

Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922

"Tea ain't any good to drink unless you can put a stick straight up in it, and it can stand alone there," joked an old swagman, who had invited us to partake of a hospitable "billy-can" with him.

Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921

I found that each soldier carried, in addition to his rifle and bayonet, a large knapsack, a canteen, a cartridge pouch, a brown haversack containing tobacco, soap, towel and food, a billy-can and a rolled blanket.

Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

A little girl, carrying a billy-can of water, stood by the stepping stones, and smiled shyly as we passed.

Three Elephant Power and Other Stories 1902

For answer Peters held out the lid of the billy-can, and Tony saw in it four large nuggets and a quantity of coarse gold dust.

Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush G. Firth Scott 1900