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This log cottage maintains its historic feel with vintage quilts, a farm table, tin cans holding kitchen utensils, and its shelves of antiques.
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Most of them are insignificant: a tin can, a graft of clothing, an old basket or a ski pole.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Prohibition didn’t stop the brand from smuggling its whiskey into American speakeasies in tin cans, nor did a limited marketing budget keep the company from taking advantage of the Olympic zeitgeist.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The impact of the wreck crumpled the front of Lochte’s truck like a tin can, photos show.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
Most of them are insignificant: a tin can, a graft of clothing, an old basket or a ski pole.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2024
Prohibition didn’t stop the brand from smuggling its whiskey into American speakeasies in tin cans, nor did a limited marketing budget keep the company from taking advantage of the Olympic zeitgeist.
—Lilian Raji, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
The impact of the wreck crumpled the front of Lochte’s truck like a tin can, photos show.
—Adam Carlson, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Tin can.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tin%20can. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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