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mess tins

mess tins is the plural of mess tin.

Meaning of mess tin

Noun

mess tin (plural mess tins)

  1. A portable container for cooking or serving food, originally for military use, and generally of a rounded rectangular form.
    • […] it was his army mess tin, he had carried it with him in all his travels, he certainly was attached to it. Alberto didn't stop roaming about the Camp until he identified the thief, who was much stronger than we were and brazenly carried around the beautiful and rare Italian mess tin. My friend...2017, Primo Levi, Moments of Reprieve: Essays, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 126

Questions about mess tins

What is mess tins the plural of?
Mess tins is the plural of mess tin.

Words near mess tins in the dictionary

  1. mess set
  2. mess sets
  3. mess tent
  4. mess tents
  5. mess tin
  6. mess tins
  7. mess trap
  8. mess traps
  9. mess uniform
  10. mess uniforms
  11. mess up

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