tomato can
n.— «I’ve learned my lesson the hard way. I don’t want to end up looking like a tomato can when my career is over.» —“Boxer cannot find his size” Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Feb. 11, 1983. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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