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The dictionary meaning of the word CONTAINER is "a thing that can
contain something".
The most frequent container to be found on buttons is a basket holding
fiuit or flowers. A comucopia spilling out its contents of fruit or flowers is
shown.
There are many varieties of vases or urns. with or without a bouquet.
How about a
flower pot? I have
one with a potted
palmetto. And of
course, we can
find a watering
can. Or a
wheelbarrow to *
hold our
gardening tools.
A shoe can
contain your foot;
a hat contains your
head, and a mitten
keeps your fingers
warm. There are
many hats-or even
crowns-with or
without heads.
Now come
into the
kitchen-we'll find -., \'l ilt
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a tea pot or a +
coffee pot, and the
necessary cups to
hold the brew. Or
a stein to hold
beer, or a baby bottle to hold milk. There is also a celluloid beer banel. A
metal casserole contains our dinner, as well as a plate holding our fruit.
Would you consider an automobile or sleigh a "container" if there are
people seated in it?
Have fun frnding other containers which I haven't mentioned-there are
many, many more.
I just thought of a toothpaste tube.
-Edith Fairman