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Meanings of pail (pails) in English
Usage of pails in English
1
Floodlights and lunch pails suggested the noise might continue through the night.
2
The pails fell to the floor, the water splashing over the tops.
3
Marguerite came dragging from the well with two slopping pails of water.
4
A commotion of pails resounded at the top of the stone steps.
5
Just beyond the hanging pails a moose-bird hopped out upon the snow.
6
David picked up his milk-pails and completed the work of the day.
7
The berries were thick, and at last the pails were actually full.
8
Alfred then returned with the pails, and the conversation took another turn.
9
So the woman took a couple of pails and went for water.
10
Both boys, their pails, and the water spilled back down the slope.
11
At Crocker two pails of water were added to the cooling tank.
12
There was a pretty constant string of pails to and from it.
13
He handed me the valise, which I put forward with the pails.
14
His back ached, too, as he carried the pails to the house.
15
His milk-pails struck against the door-post, and sounded as clear as bells.
16
He set down the empty pails and grabbed the remaining full ones.
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Pails through the time
Pails across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common