tin can

Example Sentences

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Residents have responded in kind, posting a picture of a tin can phone to signal their slide back to the pre-digital age.

From The Wall Street Journal

I tried lighting a smudge in a tin can in the middle of the canoe as I paddled—which worked for mosquitoes—but it didn’t bother the flies at all.

From Literature

She treasured every tin can that came to our home.

From Literature

“It’s not the same on this rolling tin can without you.”

From Literature

As he passes along this cost, some customers are switching from tin cans to paper and plastic containers.

From The Wall Street Journal