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The phrase "a drum of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a container or quantity of a substance, often in contexts like shipping, storage, or cooking.
Example: "We received a drum of oil for the machinery maintenance."
Alternatives: "a barrel of" or "a container of".
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"There's 30 or 40 of them out there!" Private Horne emptied a drum of ammunition.
Cupid there, not so much missing with his arrow, as deliberately aiming at and piercing a drum of radioactive waste.
Instead, he lived on to be tortured and have his body dumped in a drum of acid in episode five.
Sometimes we don't so much want a seamless flow, or a drum of ideas punctuated with commas and ellipses, but rather hard pauses, urgent twists, high tension.
But then there was a drum of thunder, and the clouds split open, and the ball bearings began to pelt down around her — tens of thousands of them.
Firing 30 rounds from an AK-47 costs $40, while a drum of 30 bullets for a submachine gun is $50.
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He was also a drummer of exceptional brilliance.
He was a drummer of great power and variety: his cymbals sizzled; he dropped bomblike accents on his bass drum.
Joining them here is Mr. Blade, a drummer of astute sensitivity and a good catalyst in any setting.
(Chinen) ★ Eric Harland Voyager (Friday through Sunday) Eric Harland, a drummer of superhuman abilities, was recently seen propelling the Charles Lloyd Quartet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(Chinen) ★ Eric Harland Voyager (Thursday through April 14) Eric Harland, a drummer of superhuman abilities, was recently seen propelling the Charles Lloyd Quartet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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