Meaning

noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

verb preserve in a can or tin

verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

originFrom Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from…

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