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[album] Can, also known as Inner Space, is the eleventh studio album by Can, released in 1979. Former bassist Holger Czukay`s involvement with this album is limited to tape editing. It is Can`s last album before the reunion album Rite Time ten years later and was released posthumously, after...
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Naval Common slang expression meaning to be blamed for the acts or faults of another. The expression may have arisen from the custom in some dockyards of employing a boy to fetch beer from a local public house; this boy was invariably blamed if accounts were unpaid or cans not returned..
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A large cylindrical container for receiving and holding lengths of SLIVER delivered from the front of a CARDING MACHINE, DRAWING FRAME, or COMBING MACHINE.
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[n] - the quantity contained in a can 2. [n] - a buoy with a round bottom and conical top 3. [n] - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. 4. [v] - expresses permission 5. [v] - be able to, have the ability to 6. [v] - preserve in a can or tin
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Cancel + Controller Area Network
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See Campus Area Network.
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Can an obs . form of began , imperfect & past participle of Begin , sometimes used in old poetry. [ See Gan .] « With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser. »
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Can noun [ Middle English & Anglo-Saxon canne ; akin to Dutch Kan , German Kanne , Old High German channa , Swedish Kanna , Danish kande .] 1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [ Shak. ...
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Can transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canned ; present participle &verbal noun Canning .] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [ U. S.] ' Canned meats' W. D. Howells....
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tin noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
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canful noun the quantity contained in a can
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tin verb preserve in a can or tin; `tinned foods are not very tasty`
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noun a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
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crapper noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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• (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. • an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] • (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand. • (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence. • (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- fol...
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Can is a Turkish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Life` The name Can doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Can seems to be unique!
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CAN
Comunidad Andina (Spanish for Andean Community)
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Controlled Area Network
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a kind of navigation buoy
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Cancel
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Cancelled
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Slang for an overhead transformer.
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Can is slang for a lavatory.
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[band] Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music. Can constructed their...
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Can is slang for a lavatory.
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