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bin

 (bĭn)
n.
A container or enclosed space for storage.
tr.v. binned, bin·ning, bins
To place or store in a bin.
[Middle English binne, from Old English, from a West Germanic word meaning "wicker basket," from Gaulish benna, two-wheeled wagon with a woven basket; akin to Welsh ben, cart; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]
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bins

(bɪnz)
pl n
dialect Northern English a pair of glasses
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"I'm getting into practice, child, and tomorrow I shall fill more bins than all of you put together."
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She soon decided to make Uncle Henry the Keeper of the Jewels, for some one really was needed to count and look after the bins and barrels of emeralds, diamonds, rubies and other precious stones that were in the Royal Storehouses.
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There's a hundred hogshead o' salt in the bins; an' we hain't more'n covered our dunnage to now."
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