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pail

[ peyl ]

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noun

bucket.
the amount filling a pail.

pail

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a bucket, esp one made of wood or metal
Also calledpailful the quantity that fills a pail

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Word 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of pail¹

Old English ��æ��; compare Catalan paella frying pan, paella

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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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The simplicity of a brain plopped in a pail for scientific research becomes something of a mordant sight gag.

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