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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler..
Hurriedly taking off her bodice, she crouched at the boiler while the water ran slowly into her lading-can.
Use lading-can when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lading-can means (dialect, historical) A tin can (containing two or three quarts) used for taking hot water out of a boiler..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hurriedly taking off her bodice, she crouched at the boiler while the water ran slowly into her lading-can.
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