Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A receptacle for tobacco ashes and cigarette and cigar butts.
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- noun A
receptacle forash andbutts fromcigarettes andcigars . - proper noun poker slang An
ace and athree as a starting hand inTexas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "Ace-Trey "
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes
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Examples
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Guess I should think about getting a new one, but the 50 pesos I keep in the ashtray is my temporary insurance in the meantime.
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Guess I should think about getting a new one, but the 50 pesos I keep in the ashtray is my temporary insurance in the meantime.
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Guess I should think about getting a new one, but the 50 pesos I keep in the ashtray is my temporary insurance in the meantime.
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Guess I should think about getting a new one, but the 50 pesos I keep in the ashtray is my temporary insurance in the meantime.
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Guess I should think about getting a new one, but the 50 pesos I keep in the ashtray is my temporary insurance in the meantime.
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He sits on the eighth step, places a porcelain ashtray to the side of his bare feet and lights an American Spirit.
Michael Cunningham and a new generation of writers transcend 'gay literature'
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It is NOT the fault of the ideas but the form they are presented (i.e. steak served in ashtray).
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These are not astronomical sums, obviously, but it means that any silver coin in the ashtray is no longer enough to park for even the shortest duration.
It's Sunday afternoon -- don't forget to feed the meters (Jack Bog's Blog)
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Ravenswood Antique Mall has several sweet selections, but one thing that jumped off the shelf at me was a small Heath Ceramics ashtray from the 50's.
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A thief took two cotton towels, two hand towels and an ashtray from a Motel 6 in the 100 block of Airport Freeway on Monday.
mollusque commented on the word ashtray
Pig Latin for trash.
November 21, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word ashtray
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November 21, 2008