minican

plural minicans

1. A small can.

   You might wash those down with a Coke Swigger — a cute minican that holds three ounces of noncarbonated cola.

   2009 March 26, David Pogue, “When Laptops Go Light”, in New York Times

   1 more example

   The 260 households on the second route were given eight-gallon minicans and biodegradable liners for food residuals.

   1996, BioCycle, volume 37, numbers 1-6