billy-can

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n. a variation of the above, moreused by townsmen than bushmen.

1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, p. 707, col. 4:

«But I said, `Dear friend and brother, yonder billy-can ismine; You may confiscate the washing that is hanging on theline, You may depredate the larder, take your choice of pot andpan; But, I pray thee, kind sundowner, spare, oh spare, mybilly-can.'»

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