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(obsolete) present participle and gerund of can (“to be able to”)
present participle and gerund of can (“to seal in a can”) examples
countable and uncountable, plural cannings
The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a jar or can). quotations examples
Although aluminium can replace tin in most dry cannings, it is not satisfactory for the canning of acid fruits […]
1969, Herbert John Miller, Non-ferrous Metals Industry, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, page 25
The practice of collecting aluminum cans or other recyclable objects; making money by collecting and selling such things. quotations examples
Canners know when they hear the clink of a bottle going into a garbage bin. […] CORNISH: Now, there's also this sense of loss in hearing people in the movie describe what they had been doing before canning became a way of life for them.
2013 February 20, Audie Cornish, quoting Matthew O'Neill, “In ‘Redemption,’ Collecting Cans To Survive”, in NPR News
“In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.”
2016 April 8, Malia Wollan, quoting Eugene Gadsen, “How to make money collecting bottles and cans”, in New York Times
But the income that many Californians rely on from canning is imperiled by a crisis for recycling centers.
2016 August 6, Julia Carrie Wong, “Collecting cans to survive”, in The Guardian