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canner|ˈkænə(r)|
[f. can v.3 + -er1; cf. canned.]
a. One who cans meat, fish, fruit, etc.
1878N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe 120 The canners take a large portion of the best peaches. 1878Robinson's Epitome of Lit. Sept. 136/2 A canner of tomatoes. Mod. Newspaper, Fifteen million lobsters are annually used by the Maine canners.
b. A beast fit only for canning. Chiefly U.S.
1890Stock Grower (Las Vegas, New Mexico) 11 Jan. 5/2 Fit only for canners and feeders. 1892Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Dec. 2/1 ‘Canners’, which is the designation of all animals collected at the Chicago and other markets, that are refused by the butchers as unfit for their trade. 1906Daily Chron. 13 June 7/3 A ‘canner’..is an animal with little, if any, fat on it, in fact often nothing more than skin and bone. 1964Weekly News (Auckland) 22 Jan. 40/3 The canner muttons and ewes were not so much in demand.
c. A machine for canning food.
1928Daily Express 6 July 5/5 Until now canning has been beyond me for want of a canner. |