Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A can or barrel for refuse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A covered receptacle for the accumulated dust, ashes, and rubbish of a dwelling, usually placed in a cellar or in a yard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK A
bin forholding rubbish until it can becollected ; agarbage can .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
Etymologies
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Examples
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JW writes about subjects such as drug-addict mother, or baby abandoned in dustbin, or girl whose best friend is killed by a car, or girl whose best friend moves away, or children whose parents break up, who are fat, live in B&B accommodation, in children's homes, have multi-fathers or tattooed mothers, etc -- from the child's perception.
Libraries Maxine 2009
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In a few weeks, Thomas Starr King is slated for what Leon Trotsky called the dustbin of history.
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In a few weeks, Thomas Starr King is slated for what Leon Trotsky called the dustbin of history.
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In a few weeks, Thomas Starr King is slated for what Leon Trotsky called the dustbin of history.
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PS…garbage men are called dustbin men in Britain….
u wait all day for monorail panda - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I can rummage around in the so-called dustbin of history for aesthetic flotsam like sewing patterns, and then wear them in front of my computer.
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I can rummage around in the so-called dustbin of history for aesthetic flotsam like sewing patterns, and then wear them in front of my computer.
March 2007 2007
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BLITZER: The president, a year or so ago -- almost exactly a year ago -- also warned the United Nations that if they didn't support the U.S. and take action together with the U.S., the U.N. could become part of the so-called dustbin of history -- not exactly his words.
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Parliament stood silent and empty on Friday afternoon, stripped of everything but government-issue furniture in preparation for its new occupant - Democratic Party leader Tony Leon. ooden desk, with inlaid fake-leather writing pad, yawned open; an unpk in one corner, and in the dustbin was a discarded folder carrying the NNP logo, a poignant symbol of the party's shattering defeat in the June 2 polls.
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Already in the dustbin are a number of Bush's executive orders respecting human life.
RedState 2009
slumry commented on the word dustbin
I have always thought this sounds so much more pleasant than "garbage can."
June 29, 2007