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dustbin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, ashcan, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
| Type of | bin |
Examples of dustbin
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Like apartheid itself, those fears can now be swept into the dustbin of history.
From the time.com
Angry Kid is suffocating Speccy in the dustbin and needs him to sign a contract.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Into the dustbin of film history you may now throw characters worth caring about.
From the time.com
After trashing Green Deal, confining new housing energy standards to the dustbin.
From the guardian.co.uk
There was even hope that prisons would simply fade into the dustbin of history.
From the economist.com
I was so disappointed with the book I threw it into the dustbin after reading it.
From the guardian.co.uk
No one was buying it at the time, and the product was destined for the dustbin.
From the ocregister.com
Another was discovered in a dustbin at the Indira Gandhi International airport.
From the couriermail.com.au
History is capricious about what it preserves and what it consigns to its dustbin.
From the independent.co.uk
- Ashcan: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
- A waste container is a container for temporarily storing waste, and is usually made out of metal or plastic. ...
- Slang for a gun turret (eg: BALL TURRET) on the underside of an airplane; not from a fancied resemblance, but because every unattached thing falls to the lowest level in the fuselage; see TURRET, BLISTER, SPONSON. ...
- A trash can. Interestingly, there are no trash cans in Tube stations. This was initially due to fears of IRA bombs; although the IRA is not nearly the threat they once were, Muslim extremists have taken up the slack, so trash cans are still prohibited in most Tube stations.
- N. What we know as a dustbin, Americans will be more familiar with as a trashcan. How familiar you want to be with a dustbin is entirely up to you.
- Ashcan, garbage can, trashcan
- Elimination system, colon
