A blast of cannister scoured down the forward slope. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
The cannister was inside now, coating up with frost. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
Gqolodashe and also threw a teargas cannister at him. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The cannister crashed into the Battalion's four ranks. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Toomes stirred at this second mention of the cannister. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
I kept them close in a tin cannister, and carefully excluded the air. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
One teargas cannister landed on the roof of a bank opposite a food court. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I waited, watching carefully, until Mannion reported the cannister inside. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
Kate, get Miss McMinn the tea cannister till she shows you how to measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Drone A Play in Three Acts] Reference
Finally, he went to a closet, rummaging in it until he found a tin cannister. From Wordnik.com. [The Fuzzy Papers]
A mixed box came up with a ceramic cannister that matched a set sold earlier. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Doukkali's arm was blown off as he ignited the gas cannister he was carrying. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Looked a bit like that sergeant who caught a bellyful of cannister at Salamanca. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Christmas]
Police responded with teargas, firing at least one cannister into the fleeing crowd. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Suddenly he stopped, reached inside his flaming jacket and withdrew a black cannister. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars My Destination]
One of the Irish riders on Lord John's left had been hit by cannister in his right arm. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
For what it's worth, the contents of the cannister are totally harmless to living things. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
My car is searched and one officer carefully prises open a little cannister of dental floss. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
You just drop the diamond pin in the opening on top of the cannister, and walk to the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Shells and cannister tore through the Union ranks, making in parts of the line fearful havoc. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
A wild hoof sent him reeling, but he held on to Hassop and located the precious film cannister. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 5] Reference
Near the outer hatch the bulky cannister, rimed with white frost, lay in a pool of melting ice. From Wordnik.com. [Greylorn] Reference
The six-pounders, their barrels too light for double-shotting, fired cannister or roundshot alone. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
He waited in those until their inhabitants departed, then quickly activated the altered cannister controls. From Wordnik.com. [Nor Crystal Tears]
When she saw the familiar sunburned face, and heard the jingle of coins in a cannister, she was actually grateful. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The French were firing cannister, punching a massive weight of musket-balls into the heart of the British defences. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
I buy the cannister of it where you can get 12 servings of it, yet I have been known to eat half the can for one meal. From Wordnik.com. [Dlisted - Be Very Afraid] Reference
The cannister shredded, punched apart by the roundshot, and a great gap was ripped bloody in the nearest French column. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Behind the thick bole of a lignum vitae Powell paused to catch his breath and settle the cannister safely in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 5] Reference
This time, instead of loading with roundshot alone, the gunners rammed a cannister of musket-balls on top of the roundshot. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
With each strike of roundshot and cannister the column seemed to quiver, but then it sealed up its ranks and kept on marching. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
A rectangular section, less than half a meter across, slid open, revealing a shelf that bore only one item: a simple cannister. From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
The gunners were clearing the gun's barrel, ramming a cannister onto a powder charge, and hurling themselves away from the coming recoil. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
The surviving British cannons hammered cannister at the Voltigeurs, but their scattered formation saved the French from heavy casualties. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Waterloo]
Seven kegs of powder were still in the magazine, though not more than a dozen rounds of grape, cannister, or balls, remained in the locker. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
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