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canner | wanner |

As a noun canner

is someone or something which cans.

As an adjective wanner is

comparative of wan.

canner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something which cans.
  • A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
  • (US, slang) Someone who lives off refunds from recycling.

    • Quotations

    One who lives off container deposits * 2007 , Jon Mooallem, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration], (New York Times), May 27, 2007, [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27Bottle-t.html?pagewanted=7 p. 7: *: Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day. * 2009 , (Camilo Jose Vergara), 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay. , , December 3, 2009: *: Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners " bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street. ----

    wanner

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (wan)
    • ----

    wan

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (wanner)
  • Pale, sickly-looking.
  • * Spenser
    • Sad to view, his visage pale and wan .
  • * Longfellow
    • the wan moon overhead
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  • Dim, faint.
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  • Bland, uninterested.
    • A wan expression

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being wan; wanness.
  • * Tennyson
    • Tinged with wan from lack of sleep.

    Etymology 2

    Inflected forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (win)

    • Anagrams

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