tin can
U.S. Navy Slang. a destroyer.
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Researchers wanted to measure landfill methane from in the atmosphere, so they slapped methane sensors onto an airplane which then circled the air above landfills higher and higher into the air, as if it were tracing a giant tin can.
San Diego’s Landfills Are Leaking Planet-Warming Methane | MacKenzie Elmer | November 17, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoWe see the vision progress throughout the show, from early gigs decorated with lights fashioned from dumpster-sourced tin cans to Selena’s first deal with a major record label.
‘Selena: The Series’ might be on the small screen, but it paints a bigger picture of the iconic Tejano singer’s life | Bethonie Butler | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostMost of us must live from the box and the bottle and the tin-can; we are even feeding our cattle from the factory and the bag.
The Holy Earth | L. H. BaileyA hat or tin-can is placed on the ground between a player's feet, whose name is "It."
Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 | VariousRosie was playing on the floor with Delia and the puppy that she had rescued from the tin-can persecution.
Maida's Little Shop | Inez Haynes Irwin
Lose the house or parade the family skeletons all diked out in pink sashes and tin-can labels.
Wanted: A Husband | Samuel Hopkins AdamsHis visitors sat up agaze, with "Vienny" sausages poised between tin-can and lip, dripping grease on their khaki-clad knees.
The Tempering | Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for tin can
a metal food container, esp when empty
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