can man
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.73 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "August 29 2002, Jim Dwyer, "How the Fire Commissioner Saw It" [book review of Strong of Heart by Thomas Von Essen], The New York Times, Mr. Feehan would reflect on the role of the "can man," the raw young firefighter assigned to haul an extinguisher up the stairs."
- "In ten seconds, I was dressed and walking out the door of my room at the station. . . . By the time two minutes passed,, Caesar was driving the engine onto the streets of Upper Darby; Paulie and Red were the can man and the hydrant man, riding behind."
- "Douglas Oelschlager was the can man, bringing up extinguishers."
Usage
Inflected Forms
can men (plural)
Phrases
irons man
Frequently Paired Words
irons man
chauffeur