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wastepaper basket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastebasket |
| Type of | container |
Examples of wastepaper basket
wastepaper basket
Retire the metal wastepaper basket and use a pretty hamper as a rubbish bin instead.
From the timesunion.com
Ruffling through a wastepaper basket, I find a printed distress call.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Gruban refused, and Booth threw the note in the wastepaper basket.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Posters are put up and ripped down by rival factions, and the city resembles a huge wastepaper basket.
From the time.com
Consequently, my wastepaper basket was very organized.
From the positivesharing.com
You could stumble upon a deleted file or an important piece of correspondence tossed in the wastepaper basket by mistake.
From the sfgate.com
Not content with being the world's wastepaper basket, China also imports wood pulp to produce high-quality printing paper.
From the newscientist.com
So are we headed for the wastepaper basket?
From the economist.com
A few steps farther on a middle-aged black man sits on a wire wastepaper basket clutching a tattered Reader's Digest.
From the time.com
