oil drum
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Wearing his red union baseball cap and tending the blaze inside an oil drum, Mr. Bohne, 56, looks like a scruffy Santa Claus.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Three men huddle around a lit fire in an oil drum.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023
"You could fit an entire oil drum of chili and cheese on that hot dog, if you wanted to — and I do," Lang added.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023
The pair were trying to correct the level of liquid in an oil drum when a cloud of flammable vapor formed and sparked, causing the blast.
From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2023
The helm was an enormous thing like an oil drum, padded inside with two thicknesses of leather and three inthes of straw.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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