Canned-goods
canned goods
Contemporary Examples
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis Nina Strochlic November 22, 2014
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison Daniel Genis June 20, 2014
The Christmas Troll Joseph Wambaugh December 21, 2010
March Jobs Report: Not Good Megan McArdle April 4, 2013
Walmart Customers Have Disappeared. Will They Take the Economy With Them? Megan McArdle February 18, 2013
Historical Examples
The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three Dexter J. Forrester
Stanley in Africa James P. Boyd
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son George Horace Lorimer
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation Maria Parloa
Land of the Burnt Thigh Edith Eudora Kohl
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Also, canned music. Prerecorded sound effects that can be played repeatedly, as in That canned laughter doesn’t make his jokes any funnier, or Canned music is greatly reducing the number of musical jobs available. O. Henry had the term in his story, Cabbages and Kings (1903): “We’ll export canned music to the Latins.” Canned laughter […]
- Cannel
an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly. Historical Examples Mrs. Red Pepper Grace S. Richmond A Son of Hagar Sir Hall Caine Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 6 Various Winning His Way Charles Carleton Coffin The Economic Aspect of Geology C. K. Leith Winning His Way Charles Carleton Coffin Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th […]
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an oily, compact coal, burning readily and brightly. Historical Examples A World Apart Samuel Kimball Merwin The Sailor’s Word-Book William Henry Smyth A Practical Treatise on Gas-light Fredrick Accum The World Peril of 1910 George Griffith The Art of Entertaining M. E. W. Sherwood noun a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning […]