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  2. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  3. List of obsolete units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Roll – a U.K. unit of mass for butter and cheese [7]: 46 equal to 24 oz (680 g) [7]: 52 Room – a U.K. unit of mass of coal equivalent to 15,680 lb (7,110 kg) [7]: 52 Sarpler; Ship load; Slug; Talent – a unit of mass in the tens of kg; Tank; Tod; Truss – a unit of mass used to describe tight bundle of hay or straw.

  4. Category:Milk containers - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Milk containers" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Milk bag; Bag-in-box;

  5. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  6. Plastic milk container - Wikipedia

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    Many milk bottles have integral handles. Milk bags are also in use. The milk is sold in a plastic bag and put into a pitcher for use. Larger bags are the inner bladder of a bag-in-box, sometimes used for institutional dispensing. Small individual containers of milk and cream are often thermoformed or injection molded and have a peelable lid ...

  7. Milk churn - Wikipedia

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    Milk churn stand. In Britain, Ireland and other European countries, milk churns would be left by dairy farmers by the roadside on purpose-built platforms, or stands, at the right height to be loaded on to the dairy's cart or lorry. They fell out of use when milk began to be collected by tanker from the farm and ceased entirely by 1979.

  8. List of bottle types, brands and companies - Wikipedia

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    Examples of milk bottles from the late 19th century made by the Warren Glass Works Company. This is a list of bottle types, brands and companies.A bottle is a rigid container with a neck that is narrower than the body, and a "mouth".

  9. Tetra Pak - Wikipedia

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    Swedish Tetra Classic milk packaging. Tetra Pak is a Swedish multinational food packaging and processing company headquartered in Switzerland.The company offers packaging, filling machines and processing for dairy, beverages, cheese, ice cream and prepared food, including distribution tools like accumulators, cap applicators, conveyors, crate packers, film wrappers, line controllers and straw ...