biscuit tin

collocation in English

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biscuit
noun
uk
/ˈbɪs.kɪt/us
/ˈbɪs.kɪt/
UK
a small, flat cake that is dry and ...
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tin
noun
uk
/tɪn/us
/tɪn/
a chemical element that is a silver-coloured metal, often combined with other metals or used to cover and protect ...
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(Definition ofbiscuitandtinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is only by using modern technology that the shoe, ceramic, andbiscuittinindustries—or any other industries—will remain in business in five or 10 years' time.
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It was simply a matter of rushing around with abiscuittintrying to gather money—a series of short-term fixes that ended in economic and, certainly, political failure.
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A common form of such storage is thebiscuittin.
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The use of tea caddy instead ofbiscuittinfell out of use in the early 1900s.
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These are made out of roomy biscuit tins (lined with felt), with the lid ajar.
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Manuel catches and hides it in thebiscuittin.
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Ashley is given indigestion tablets and removes them from their packet and puts them in abiscuittinin the kitchen.
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These are, in fact, the conventional biscuit tins.
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Steels used for biscuit tins are different from steels used in crankshafts or wireless magnets.
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They are not all built like biscuit tins.
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I can remember that as a child a favourite way of spending a penny was on what were known as broken biscuits—the refuse of the biscuit tins.
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They took barbed wire from the block houses and built themselves their own houses out of 40 pound biscuit tins with corrugated iron over the top.
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If they are cans made out of tinplate, they are called biscuit tins.
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