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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a coffee can" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a container typically used for storing coffee or other items.
Example: "After finishing the coffee, I decided to repurpose the empty coffee can for storing small tools in the garage."
Alternatives: "a coffee container" or "a coffee tin".
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Is a coffee can made with tin "necessary to the functionality" of the coffee being sold?
Customers would stick the change from their purchases into a coffee can.
Take a seat, let it cool a little, and enjoy how elegant a coffee can taste.
He offered T-shirts, with a coffee can and a sign asking for $5.
In Rome, a coffee can cost as little as 70 cents (55p).
Customers help themselves to cups and drop nickels into a coffee can.
Elizabeth emptied a coffee can and wrote "Help bring Laura back!" on it.
But those fixes were like trying to bail out the Titanic with a coffee can.
"Write a check for half the mortgage each two weeks, and put it in a coffee can".
Whereas his mother kept a coffee can of bacon dripping by the stove for cooking greens, he uses olive oil.
"It was a roll of toilet paper soaked in lighter fluid inside a coffee can," Rader said.
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