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  • Technically they were three-gallon Tupperware containers, but Bernice had wide feet and has a hard time finding a good fit.

    Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

  • And there are numerous items, such as notepads, key chains, magnets, three-gallon popcorn tins and Frisbees, all available with the catchy phrase "A woman's place is in the House - as speaker."

    WikiLeaks opens the floodgates for critics of the Obama administration Al Kamen 2010

  • And there are numerous items, such as notepads, key chains, magnets, three-gallon popcorn tins and Frisbees, all available with the catchy phrase "A woman's place is in the House - as speaker."

    WikiLeaks opens the floodgates for critics of the Obama administration Al Kamen 2010

  • And there are numerous items, such as notepads, key chains, magnets, three-gallon popcorn tins and Frisbees, all available with the catchy phrase "A woman's place is in the House - as speaker."

    WikiLeaks opens the floodgates for critics of the Obama administration Al Kamen 2010

  • A thief stole 75 three-gallon tubs, or $15,000 worth, of ice cream.

    Perspectives 2008

  • At a butcher-block work station, Mr. Canales is chopping San Marzano tomatoes and tossing them into a three-gallon stock pot for a soup spiced with, among other things, cinnamon and allspice.

    Tomatoes' Sweet Comeback 2008

  • It also has six "Extreme Snack Compartments," a three-gallon soft-drink chamber with built in "Liquid Delivery Conduit," a waste-disposal system I'd rather not talk about, and a built-in defibrillator.

    Real Gamers Need Starship La-Z-Boy Cockpit Chairs 2007

  • It also has six "Extreme Snack Compartments," a three-gallon soft-drink chamber with built in "Liquid Delivery Conduit," a waste-disposal system I'd rather not talk about, and a built-in defibrillator.

    New Products Needed for Cyberathletes and Console Slugs 2007

  • The appeal was successful, for the old man hastened, and brought us a lamb and a three-gallon pot of sweet but strong zogga, or palm toddy, and in return the Doctor gave him two and a half doti of cloth.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • And then he had fetched away a three-gallon jug of whisky, too, that he found under a wagon when he was starting home through the woods.

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

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