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"pail" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often bucket (6 letters).
Definitions
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
Word origin
From Middle English payle (“bucket, pail, milking pail”), of uncertain origin.
Used in a sentence
“The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Handled container”4 letters
02“Bucket”4 letters
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