Fanner vs Canner - What's the difference?
fanner | canner |
One who fans.
A fan wheel; a fan blower.
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.
As a noun fanner
is one who fans.As a proper noun canner is
.fanner
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(en noun)- And will send unto Babylon fanners , that shall fan her, and shall empty her land. — Jeremiah 51:2.
canner
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(en noun)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. ----