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bucket

noun as in container, often for liquids, with handle

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The family set up donation buckets so visitors can chip in and donate to a good cause each year.

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“I think we can all relate. That’s probably one of the highest accolades and achievements you can accomplish as an artist, songwriter, and producer. Those are all things we have on our bucket list.”

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Residents filled jugs and buckets before the water was shut off, knowing the electric company planned to cut power once the winds exceeded 60 kilometers per hour.

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Locals arrive with buckets and rakes, digging for mussels and clams—“fishing on foot,” they call it.

It promoted themed buckets during the holidays and sold tens of millions of them annually.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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