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Examples
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"Under the blankets, in the top of the grub-box, my tea-pail."
The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911
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Hang your tea-pail, with the proper quantity of water, from one slanting pole, and your kettle from the other.
The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909
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The ideal outfit for two or three is a cup, fork, and spoon apiece, one tea-pail, two kettle-pails, and a frying-pan.
The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909
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He came tramping along on snowshoes with his little hunting toboggan behind him on which was lashed his caribou robe, his tea-pail, his kit bag, and a haunch of young moose as a present to Amik and his wife.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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Before rebaiting it, however, he built a fire to boil his tea-pail, and sat down to eat his lunch.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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He made no reply, but getting out his frying-pan and tea-pail, his only utensils, he set about preparing his evening meal.
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898
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His blanket roll containing his grub, with frying-pan and tea-pail attached, lay at his feet; his rifle beside it.
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898
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The man laid down his frying-pan and tea-pail, and walked with Duff toward his camp.
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land Ralph Connor 1898
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The toast stood in brown heaps on birch-bark plates beside the fire, and baskets were carried out of the shanty bulging with cakes; the tea was bubbling in the big tin tea-pail, and everything was ready for the feast.
The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898
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But Ranald had caught Mrs. Murray's eye, and at a sign from her, stood waiting with the tea-pail in his hand.
The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898
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