Posted by Allan_Lang on August 13, 2006 at 05:41:27 from 202.189.64.26 user Allan_Lang.
In Reply to: Milk can, billy can, butter churn posted by Mike Field on August 13, 2006 at 02:27:13:
[]Out here, the big can is a "milk-can", the little one like Roger's or the one kicked off the staithe is a "billy-can" (or more usually, "billy," and which was normally provided with a lid, not always used,) []
When I fisrt read the books I was not aware of any specifuc "mini-milkcan" with a necked top, and always read it as "billy-can"
And it seens I was right. See "the Campfire" p.67 of the Puffin edition. Titty is holding a billycan, not a "milk-can"