jerry can

jerry can
1. Also called blitz can. Mil. a narrow, flat-sided, five-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
2. Brit. a can with a capacity of 41/2 imperial gallons (5.4 U.S. gallons or 20.4 liters).
[1940-45; appar. JERRY "German"; the British supposedly manufactured the can after a German prototype]

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