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Pocket Knive, Soapstone, Pole Transformers, Traditional Snowshoes

1. A pocket knife is a folding knife with one or more blades that fit inside the handle that can still fit in a pocket. It is also known as a jackknife or jack-knife. A typical blade length is 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 inches.) Pocket knives are versatile tools, and may be [...]

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Steel Shipping Drums, Police Whistles, Miniature Train Cars, Glass Blocks

1. A drum is a cylindrical container used for shipping bulk cargo. Drums can be made of steel, dense paperboard (commonly called a fiber drum), or plastics, and are generally used for the transportation and storage of liquids and powders. 2. A whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from [...]

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Ice Cream Cones, Tent Trailers, Shoe Polish, Pliers

1. An ice cream cone, poke or cornet is a dry, cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar in texture to a waffle, which enables ice cream to be held in the hand and eaten without a bowl or spoon. Various types of ice cream cones include waffle cones, cake cones (or wafer cones), [...]

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Bronze Bells, Wooden Air Propellers, Charcoal Briquettes, Log Fireplaces

1. A bell (old Saxon: bellan, to bawl or bellow) is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually a hollow, cup-shaped acoustic resonator, which vibrates upon being struck. The striking implement can be a tongue suspended within the bell, known as a clapper, a separate [...]

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Dress Forms, Boat Propellers, Duvets, Faucets

1. A dress form is a three-dimensional model of the torso used for fitting clothing that is being designed or sewed. When making a piece of clothing, it can be put on the dress form so one can see the fit and drape of the garment as it would appear on a body, and make [...]

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