pail

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Middle English payle "wooden container" from Old English pæġel "wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure". Akin to Middle Dutch pegel "half pint", Middle Low German pegel "half pint", Danish pægel "half a pint"

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Singular
pail

Plural
pails

pail (plural pails)

  1. A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used esp. for carrying liquids, as water or milk, etc.; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).
    The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.
  2. A company of wasps.

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