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pail

[peyl] / peɪl /


NOUN
container
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The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Robinson’s updated pail had separate compartments for food and liquids, and was designed so items within could be heated using a small lamp.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2024

Hope is hard to come by, out here, where weeds twist up from the dirt mound and the coach carries not a bucket but a tiny pail of usable baseballs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2023

A garbage pail is placed in one corner in case, well, you know.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2023

A small pail, with milk in the bottom.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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