chimney-can

Updated: June 9, 2025

"The hut where Dick's grandfather lived was a very poor one, built mostly of turf, and thatched with rough bent or sea-grass. The chimney-can was made with an old barrel, which stood the blast and served better than an ordinary one would have done at such a stormy part of the coast.

Mrs. George Cupples - Bluff Crag, : or, A Good Word Costs Nothing