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  • n  a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
  • n  the quantity contained in a pail

  • By reversing the disc, the pail seemed to fall up or down; by stopping both disc and drum, the pail seemed to stop in midair.
  • Swinging a plastic beach pail and sporting a pair of sherbet orange 3-D shades, Horace Ho-Shing Ip doesn't look as if he's at work.
  • Which sent me hurtling to Ohio last week to check out the first hot contest of the 2006 election, the primary election between Hackett and a traditional lunch-pail-liberal .
News & Articles

  • Enjoy These Hi-Res Scans Of Weird Wheels Trading Cards
    When I was a kid, almost any kid-eye-level surface seemed to be be-stickered with some kind of gross sticker that we all thought was hilarious, usually Garbage Pail Kids ones. It was like the world was a big physical 4Chan, and our GIFs were stickers. But the best ones were the rare car-related series , Weird Wheels. I haven't seen these in years, but when I followed a Boing Boing link to this ...
    June 11, 2013 - Jalopnik
  • Nurturing needlework in today’s high-tech era
    When I was 5 and 6 years old, my summer days filled up quickly as I galloped my stick horse across my grandparents’ lush lawn of Kentucky bluegrass, stirred mud pies in cast-off pots and pans in their backyard and even “painted” their sidewalk with a pail of pumped water and a droopy old paintbrush.
    June 9, 2013 - The Daily Sentinel
  • Rare political buttons a winner for collectors
    Political slogans and pictures from the past can sometimes be confusing because modern times suggest a different meaning. In the 1900 U.S. presidential campaign, William McKinley used the slogans “Protection and Prosperity” and “Four more years of the full dinner pail.”
    June 9, 2013 - Observer-Reporter
Quotes

  • Dave Hakstol in Forbes
    Every year is a different type of year,coach Dave Hakstol said Wednesday. "I wouldn't say it's a surprise to be here. It's a very talented group of guys, it's a lunch-pail group."
  • Korey Banks in Montreal Gazette
    He's a lunch-pail guy,describes Banks, intending it completely as a compliment. "I mean, if you need three yards, and you hit him after one yard, he finds a way to get those two other yards. It's not flashy, but it's very, very productive....
  • Eric Dane in Us Magazine
    Dane tells Us Weekly fatherhood has been "life changing. It changes how you look at things and how you feel about things. I like to think of myself as an artist -- but now I'm working for my kid. Now I'm a father. I've got a lunch pail, I go to work...

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