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ashcan

[ ash-kan ]

noun

  1. a large metal barrel, can, or similar receptacle for ashes, garbage, or refuse.
  2. Slang. a depth charge.
  3. Movies. an arc light of 1000 watts, enclosed in a reflector.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ashcan1

First recorded in 1895–1900; ash 1 + can 2
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But Kane’s obvious stylistic forerunner is Samuel Beckett, though she never veils desolation in allegorical trees or ashcans.

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The 1940s sundered the 20th century, dispatching an entire global framework and any number of abiding social orders to the ashcan of history.

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“The names of Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law will be remembered long after the names of those who have persecuted them have been forgotten and swept into the ashcan of history.â€

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I thought of the gang dumping ashcans on Third Avenue and soaping up the windows.

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Not since 1974 – when a Watergate-weary nation almost tossed the Republican Party into history’s ashcan has an American political party been beaten so badly.

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