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 ● Mar. 14, 2026
"You're kind of trapped in a tin can that's not designed for roaming around," Ally recalls.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
He was a mostly self-taught golfer who had fashioned a swing using a branch from a guava tree for a club and a crushed tin can for a ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
On a crisp Saturday morning that screamed for adventure, a former tin can factory in North Kansas City, Mo. thrummed with the sound of young people climbing, sliding, spinning, jumping, exploring and reading.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Johnny came out with a fishing pole and a rusty tin can filled with worms in mud.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
