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Examples of dry cell in a Sentence
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Junior Tattoo alarm clock and the same No. 5 Columbia dry cell battery and appeared to have been made by the same hand.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
And some who opt for waiting in the dry cell come around to the scanner.
—James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 19 Mar. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Dry cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20cell. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
dry cell
noun
: a small battery whose contents cannot be spilled
a dry cell for a flashlight
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