kerosene tins

A form of kerosene tin — A tin-plated steel container for kerosene; formerly frequently repurposed by being cut in half to make cooking pots, laundry buckets, fruit-picking baskets, garden planters, etc., or flattened out, the tin sheets used as roofing shingles and wall cladding for bush huts.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of kerosene tin
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