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cans

British

/ kænz /

plural noun

an informal name for headphones

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The Jordanian authorities gave Siwar's family a supply of 12 cans of the hypoallergenic Neocate formula on their departure for Gaza.

From BBC

I carefully loaded bags of chips, soda cans, candy and whatever weird items showed up.

From The Wall Street Journal

They can be as large as buildings or as small as garbage cans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Raccoons are known for breaking into peoples garbage cans, leading to the nickname "trash panda".

From BBC

The plow is “a child of the north / like Romanticism,” its blade pushing “at its superb angle . . . everything before it, / old snow with the new, garbage and beer cans.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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