as in barrel
a metal container in the shape of a cylinder row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened

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Recent Examples on the Web The 60 tin newspaper boxes — which sell for around $350 apiece — were purchased with grants. CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024 The tart candies now available in citrus, tangerine and mango — three of the most popular flavors of Altoids Sours — and come in similar-looking pop-top tins as the original candy. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Other tins, like Season’s, remove the skin and bones for you. Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2024 The name Dirty Shake references the quick-and-dirty method of shaking the ingredients for a cocktail in a shaker tin, and dumping all of the contents into a standard glass rather than neatly straining the beverage into its respective vessel. Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tin 

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“Tin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tin. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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