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Old 16th April 2020, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tonupkid View Post
Interesting question, and you are correct with Jerrycan.

Here's the source https://www.collinsdictionary.com/di...glish/jerrican which says that the idea was copied from the Germans during WW2. Hence Jerrycan.
My reasoning behind Gerry was German=Gerry, rather than Jerry. Anyway, enough off-topic, I'll go back to calling it Jerry Can (or Jerrycan)!
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