billycan

noun, plural bil·lies.

1. Also called billy club. a police officer’s club or baton.
2. a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
3. Scot. Dialect. comrade.
4. Also called bil·ly·can [bil-ee-kan] /ˈbɪl iˌkæn/. Australian. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
5. Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.

noun plural -lies

1. US and Canadian a wooden club esp a police officer’s truncheon

noun plural -lies or -lycans

1. a metal can or pot for boiling water, etc, over a campfire
2. Australian and NZ (as modifier)billy-tea
3. Australian and NZ informal to make tea