minican
nounEtymology From mini- + can.
1
A small can.
- The 260 households on the second route were given eight-gallon minicans and biodegradable liners for food residuals.1996, BioCycle, volume 37, numbers 1-6:
- You might wash those down with a Coke Swigger — a cute minican that holds three ounces of noncarbonated cola.2009 March 26, David Pogue, “When Laptops Go Light”, in New York Times: