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Examples
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Slim investigated the tomato-can for water to mix himself a drink, but found it empty.
THE PRINCESS 2010
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"Here's some water for the mixin's," Whiskers said, proffering his tomato-can of river slush.
THE PRINCESS 2010
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A surprising number of Rove's former colleagues believe that his unprecedented success in Texas, where for years his candidates rarely faced serious challenges, has fostered what in the boxing world would be known as a "tomato-can" syndrome.
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A surprising number of Rove's former colleagues believe that his unprecedented success in Texas, where for years his candidates rarely faced serious challenges, has fostered what in the boxing world would be known as a "tomato-can" syndrome.
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Like a heavyweight champion who lets down his guard after beating up a series of hapless "tomato-can" opponents, Rove, they fear, may have been blinded to current national realities by hubris.
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Like a heavyweight champion who lets down his guard after beating up a series of hapless "tomato-can" opponents, Rove, they fear, may have been blinded to current national realities by hubris.
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He looked down and he saw an empty tomato-can on a rubbish heap.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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No! he hadn't got a tomato-can, silly! but he'd got a big, fat bottle in his pocket an 'he pulled the cork out of it an' sucked an 'I said' What have you got in your bottle? 'an' he said 'Cold tea' but it didn't smell a bit like cold tea.
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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The goat in the yard, tied to a stake, was varying a meal of old shoe and tomato-can by a nibble of fresh green grass.
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"But Jerry!" said another child's voice, "I don't think he could have been a real hobo, or he'd have had an empty tomato-can hanging around his neck on a string, like the pictures of 'Weary Willie' an '' Tired Tim 'in the funny papers."
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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