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Can

verb

(past could; past part. could)

1.

Preserve in a can or tin. Synonyms: put up, tin.

2.

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. Synonyms: dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate. "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

noun

1.

Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. Synonyms: tin, tin can.

2.

The quantity contained in a can. Synonym: canful.

3.

A buoy with a round bottom and conical top. Synonym: can buoy.

4.

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

5.

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. Synonyms: commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet.

6.

A room or building equipped with one or more toilets. Synonyms: bathroom, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet.

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... house of the stench of leather. They are part of a stray company that is on its way to fight the Spaniards," he informed me. "But methinks they will be forced to spend two or three days at Blois; their horses are sadly jaded and will need that rest before they can take the road again, thanks to the pace at which their boy of an officer must have led them. There is a gentleman with them who wears a mask. 'T is whispered that he is a prince of the blood who has made a vow not to uncover his face until this war be ended, in expiation ...

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