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pail

[peyl]

noun

  1. bucket.

  2. the amount filling a pail.



pail

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a bucket, esp one made of wood or metal

  2. Also called: pailful.the quantity that fills a pail

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pail1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English payle “wooden container,” continuing Old English æ “wine container, liquid measure” (of unknown origin; compare Middle Dutch, Low German pegel “half pint”), by association with Old French paielle “pan,” from Latin patella; patella
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pail1

Old English æ; compare Catalan paella frying pan, paella
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Suddenly, she’s brandishing a mop and pail everywhere like a rootless knight without a quest or a horse.

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Our toddler’s diaper pail in the hollow of a crawl space mixed with the remnants of the dining room.

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To complete the Chargers’ blue-collar mentality, black lunch pails were recently dropped at every locker.

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Customers can customize their festive pails with themed stickers for “a truly monstrous makeover.”

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This aggressively oatmeal aesthetic has dominated infant care since around Gen Alpha’s midpoint in 2017, desaturating high chairs, play gyms and diaper pails from electric green to subtle sage.

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