Billycan

For the dolls or icons called Billycan, see billiken.

A billycan is an Australian term for a lightweight cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket[1][2][3] commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire[4] or to carry water.[3] It is commonly known simply as a billy, or occasionally as a billy can (billy tin or billy pot in Canada).

  1. ^ Black, S. J. S. 2010 "Tried and Tested": community cookbooks in Australia, 1890–1980. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Adelaide, School of History and Politics
  2. ^ Dalzell, Tom; Victor, Terry (27 November 2014). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. ISBN 9781317625117 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b Farrell, Michael. "Death Watch: Reading the Common Object of the Billycan in 'Waltzing Matilda'". Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature 10 (2010)
  4. ^ "National Museum of Australia - Billy". National Museum of Australia.