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- noun US  A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by agarbage truck in order to be emptied.
Etymologies
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								Yes | No | Report from gman3186 wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago peta the same people they busted here last summer for throwing 30 dogs in a dumpster is that the group you are talking about. 
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								Yes | No | Report from gman3186 wrote 25 weeks 6 days ago peta the same people they busted here last summer for throwing 30 dogs in a dumpster is that the group you are talking about. 
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								Copies of President Bush's secret sticky notes found in dumpster outside the White House. 
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								At that point I think it's best to deliver the unwanted child and leave it in dumpster so it can die from exposure. Archive 2003-07-01 Ed 2003 
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								At that point I think it's best to deliver the unwanted child and leave it in dumpster so it can die from exposure. All we need is Blog? Ed 2003 
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								One of the most common low-tech arenas of identity theft is going through a victims garbage or what some call dumpster diving. EzineArticles 2010 
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								I’m assuming these are hornets or wasps as bees in a dumpster is weird. 
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								He wanted to cheer on the Mad Man, but the dumpster was already vibrating from a nearby patrol. 365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009 
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								As a result of the prank Hunter and friends are forced to hide out in a garbage dumpster, which is locked. Archive 2009-03-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009 
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								As a result of the prank Hunter and friends are forced to hide out in a garbage dumpster, which is locked. Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow nissa_amas_katoj 2009 
ruzuzu commented on the word dumpster
See citation in comment on dumpster fire.
December 8, 2016