Australia. [Origin unknown.] A tin quart-pot.
1881. A. C. Grant, Bush-Life Queensland, I. 209 (Morris). Hobbles and Jack Shays hang from the saddle-dees. Note, A tin quart-pot, used for boiling water for tea, and contrived so as to hold within it a tin pint-pot.
1890. Melbourne Argus, 14 June, 4/1. His ration bags are beside his head, and his jackshea (quartpot) stands by the fire.
1893. Mrs. C. Praed, Outlaw & Lawmaker, III. 140. The tin ‘billys’ and pint pots and jackshays, strung together by a saddle strap.
