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Meanings of empty barrel in English

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Usage of empty barrel in English
1
One began to strike blows on an empty barrel at regular intervals.
Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories
2
His voice sounded as if it came out of an empty barrel.
True Irish Ghost Stories
3
Beside the shed was an empty barrel which had once been a water-butt.
The Firm of Girdlestone
4
He used an empty barrel for the reception of mail.
The Great Salt Lake Trail
5
A nail protruding from an empty barrel tore his trousers.
Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
6
Furious, the Scarecrow seized an empty barrel and hurled it down at my shield.
Proven guilty
7
A boy boo-hooting into an empty barrel soon catches the key to which it responds.
My Tropic Isle
8
Even Krylov has said that an empty barrel echoes more loudly than a full one.
Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends
9
He pulled the trigger again on an empty barrel.
A knife edge
10
He found the boy hiding in an empty barrel.
Secret of the Dragon
11
The empty barrel stood nearby, its lid slanted between the barrel and the truck wall.
One for the money
12
But he took the gun, and after examining it proceeded to load up the empty barrel.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
13
The sailors now brought forward an empty barrel, and the captain signified that they required water.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
14
Walking up and down the street, he finally found an empty barrel and lugged it back.
Casket of Souls
15
Sit you on that empty barrel there.
Princess Maritza
16
He sits down upon an empty barrel.
The system of the world
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