tin can
noun
can.
tin cans
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pluralof tin can.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As he passes along this cost, some customers are switching from tin cans to paper and plastic containers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
The air traffic control system at Newark airport, in Booker’s own state, is evidently running on two tin cans and a piece of string that broke in 1993.
From Slate ● May 28, 2025
“They have been found in tin cans, in coconut halves,” Rundell writes.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
I cannot find tin cans of it anymore, and my assistants have been emailing the company to bring it back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024
The powerful high beams picked up sprays of broken glass in the street, as well as nails, shards of metal, old hubcaps, tin cans, a flattened pair of men’s underpants.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
