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can buoy
noun
- a cylindrical, unlighted buoy used as a channel marker.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of can buoy1
First recorded in 1620–30
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Example Sentences
He had so little room that his main-boom hit the can-buoy as he swept by.
From Project Gutenberg
A large can-buoy on which is placed, in wicker-work, a bell, which is sounded by the heaving and setting of the sea.
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