coffee cans
- plural of coffee can.
Example Sentences
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Argentina has a history of debasing its currency, which is why its people keep billions of dollars in coffee cans, home safes and mattresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The devices include seismometers that look a little like coffee cans and monitor for any ground shaking that would signal ascending lava.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
Christie’s sold a single Warhol during its evening sales, and it was a minor work depicting coffee cans that went for $2 million, about $500,000 shy of its high estimate.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
Dear Heloise: I place plastic lids from coffee cans under jars and bottles of oil to keep drips off the counters, refrigerator and pantry shelves.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2021
On the porch were two coffee cans, a red cup, the hammer, a pair of wire cutters, and one nail.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
