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Meanings of empty tins in English

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Usage of empty tins in English
1
Here were some empty tins and some well-picked bones.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
2
Giant kicked over one of the empty tins.
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
3
Nearly all contained old and battered bits of soldiers' equipment, empty tins, and remnants of Belgian property.
Bullets & Billets
4
He had lived on canned tomatoes and ginger snaps for a week-andthe empty tins sufficiently blazed his orbit.
The Furnace of Gold
5
Refuse loitered about the open door; many empty tins; a leaky barrel, with missing hoops; boxes, harness, tangled bits of wire.
The Cow Puncher
6
When at last he reached the dugout, he fell on the box of empty tins as if he had been beaten.
Men in War
7
It was his garbage dump, a small pile of empty tins and broken jars, old magazines, and ashes from the stove.
Girl out back
8
He gave up the attempt and instead he headed a procession that marched into the town, banging empty tins and whirling trench-rattles.
Combed Out
9
Tossing overboard bits of wood, bottles and empty tins, Captain Van Horn ordered the eight eager boat's crew with rifles to turn loose.
Jerry of the Islands
10
It took two days to construct them, and Tom ingeniously made them out of some empty tins that had contained meat and other foods.
Tom Swift in the City of Gold; Or, Marvelous Adventures Undergro...
11
At the hostel we did it in tins which would be taken away every week and empty tins that smelled of disinfectant would be put
The power of one
12
Huge mountains of empty tins lie about every dustyard, for as yet no man has discovered a means of utilising them when in great masses.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
13
Empty Tins for Canning
The Story of Crisco
14
'I can't arrest somebody for some empty tins.
Small wars: a novel
15
"We can take along some of this gasoline in some of these empty tins and cans."
Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal; Or, Perils of the Black Bear Patro...
16
'It's the empty tins, sir.
Small wars: a novel
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