cannister


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Noun1.cannister - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flourcannister - metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
canister, tin
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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ANGRY LOB Protester hurls back tear gas cannister at police.
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A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Southampton fan was allegedly hit in the face by a laughing gas cannister during Saturday's Liverpool match.
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After Pompey's goal in April's 1-1 draw between the sides, a cannister was thrown from the away section in the north stand into the home supporters below.
Pompey fan banned for three years
A CYCLIST was threatened with a 'cannister of spray' before his bike was stolen in Norton.
Bike stolen after cyclist was threatened
Verbo said that the suspects were riding a black motorcycle when the back rider threw a cannister of smoke signal into the house of Juliano then drew his gun and fired seven rounds.
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As he skipped along with a spray cannister in each hand I heard him call to his mother "I can paint my name on the front door now!" S T Vaughan, Yardley Wood
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Police suspect that it was Chang who had tossed a combustible gas cannister or cannisters of some sort into the trash truck, and when vehicle's compactor was activated, the gas container(s) ruptured, leading to the large explosion.
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The windows of the house in Brookfield Estate, Kimmage, on the south side of Dublin, were blown out by a gas cannister, it is believed.
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It was his case - as maintained in his interview - that he found the cannister in a skip on Deeside.
Cannabis possession guilt
Newman has always protested his innocence, claiming he fled the Gristhorpe Road garage, fearing an explosion, when the cannister was lit by Mr Wilding.
CONVICTED KILLER ON HUNGER STRIKE AS APPEAL IS LOST; 44-year-old now three weeks without food after being sentenced to 23 years for torching man to death and disfiguring another in city lock-up

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