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Examples of dry cell in a Sentence
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Junior Tattoo alarm clock and the same No. 5 Columbia dry cell battery and appeared to have been made by the same hand.
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Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
And some who opt for waiting in the dry cell come around to the scanner.
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James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 19 Mar. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1893, in the meaning defined above
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“Dry cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20cell. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
dry cell
noun
: a small battery whose contents cannot be spilled
a dry cell for a flashlight
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