- bucket and pail
- Cockney Rhyming SlangJailOne drink too many and I get seven days in the bucket.
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bucket and pail
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bucket — /buk it/, n., v., bucketed, bucketing. n. 1. a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail. 2. anything resembling… … Universalium
bucket — 1. a place for defecation A male usage, especially where a smaller receptacle is provided for urination inside communal living quarters. Some figurative usage: Get off the bucket. I m serious. (Theroux, 1978) 2. British a prison… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Bucket — This article is about the physical container. For other uses, see Bucket (disambiguation). A yellow bucket A bucket, also called a pail, is typically a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually… … Wikipedia
pail — noun (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑bucket ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ five gallon, ten gallon ▪ metal, plastic ▪ … Collocations dictionary
bucket — noun ⇨ See also ↑pail ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ galvanized, metal, plastic ▪ leaky ▪ champagne … Collocations dictionary
bucket — buck|et1 S2 [ˈbʌkıt] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: buket, from Old English buc container for pouring liquid, belly ] 1.) an open container with a handle, used for carrying and holding things, especially liquids = ↑pail 2.) also… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bucket — n. pl. bucketfuls [buk′it] n. [ME boket < Anglo Fr buket, dim. of OE buc, pitcher, bulging vessel, orig., belly < IE * bhou , var. of base * bheu : see BIG] 1. a deep, round container with a flat bottom and a curved handle, used to hold or… … English World dictionary
Pail — (p[=a]l), n. [OE. paile, AS. p[ae]gel a wine vessel, a pail, akin to D. & G. pegel a watermark, a gauge rod, a measure of wine, Dan. p[ae]gel half a pint.] A vessel of wood or tin, etc., usually cylindrical and having a bail, used esp. for… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pail — n. pl. pailfuls [pāl] n. [ME paile < OE pægel, small measure, wine vessel < LL pagella (dim. of L pagina,PAGE1), a small page, in VL, a measure of area, later a measure of volume: infl. by OFr paele, a pan < L patella: see PATELLA] 1. a… … English World dictionary
Bucket argument — Isaac Newton s rotating bucket argument (also known as Newton s bucket ) was designed to demonstrate that true rotational motion cannot be defined as the relative rotation of the body with respect to the immediately surrounding bodies. It is one… … Wikipedia
