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tin

noun as in can

noun as in ore

noun as in package

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Diomande's act of foolishness just put the tin hat on it.

From BBC

In white coverall suits and full-face respirators, hazmat workers went property by property sifting through the ashes to dredge up lead-acid batteries, tins of paint thinner and pesticide canisters.

They laid sprinkler lines and wrapped the trunks of some of the hulking trees with a fire-resistant material akin to tin foil.

It is huge and it would be easy to leave a sense of rattling around in a tin in here, but it is busy.

From BBC

The couple also found dozens of tins and other debris which had been left behind inside the bunker.

From BBC

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

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