pails

plural of pail
as in buckets
a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle fetch me a pail full of water, please

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buckets
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  • Balanced buckets The Valkyries got scoring from multiple players.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
  • As the morning light spread across the San Francisco Peaks, a group of about 50 volunteers from across Arizona gathered in the national forest, armed with shovels and buckets of young pine trees.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Pails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pails. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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