"wet pail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wet pails [plural]
Etymology: From wet + pail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wet|pail}} wet + pail Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet pail (plural wet pails)
  1. (slang, uncommon) Any diaper pail that contains water. Tags: slang, uncommon
    Sense id: en-wet_pail-en-noun-LKVsXwaZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4

Verb [English]

Forms: wet pails [present, singular, third-person], wet pailing [participle, present], wet pailed [participle, past], wet pailed [past]
Etymology: From wet + pail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wet|pail}} wet + pail Head templates: {{en-verb}} wet pail (third-person singular simple present wet pails, present participle wet pailing, simple past and past participle wet pailed)
  1. (slang, rare) To use a wet pail. Tags: rare, slang
    Sense id: en-wet_pail-en-verb-wpiWXtv0

Inflected forms

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