canner

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænə(r)

Noun

canner (plural canners)

1. Someone or something which cans.
2. 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.
3. (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.

Quotations

One who lives off container deposits

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• 2007, Jon Mooallem, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration, New York Times, May 27, 2007, 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., Slate.com, 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.

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French

Verb

canner

1. (Quebec, informal) to can
2. (France, slang) to die

Conjugation

   Conjugation of canner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		canner			avoir canné
gerund		en cannant			en ayant canné
present participle		cannant
past participle		canné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	canne	cannes	canne	cannons	cannez	cannent
	imperfect	cannais	cannais	cannait	cannions	canniez	cannaient
	past historic1	cannai	cannas	canna	cannâmes	cannâtes	cannèrent
	future	cannerai	canneras	cannera	cannerons	cannerez	canneront
	conditional	cannerais	cannerais	cannerait	cannerions	canneriez	canneraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	canne	cannes	canne	cannions	canniez	cannent
	imperfect1	cannasse	cannasses	cannât	cannassions	cannassiez	cannassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	canne	—	cannons	cannez	—
1literary tenses

Synonyms

• (to can): mettre en conserve
• (to die): mourir, clamser, clamecer, passer l'arme à gauche