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pails

  • plural
    of pail.
    pail
    noun
    bucket.

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These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Customers can customize their festive pails with themed stickers for “a truly monstrous makeover.”

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

This aggressively oatmeal aesthetic has dominated infant care since around Gen Alpha’s midpoint in 2017, desaturating high chairs, play gyms and diaper pails from electric green to subtle sage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Video taken by a bystander shows about 20 adults trying to dig her out using their hands and plastic pails, but the hole kept collapsing on itself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

They went the wrong way first and took evasive action through a garage and around a stack of garbage pails.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder