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ashtray

[ ash-trey ]

noun

  1. a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.


ashtray

/ ˈæʃˌ³Ù°ù±ðɪ /

noun

  1. a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ashtray1

First recorded in 1885–90; ash 1 + tray 1
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On the stretch of Palm between North Olive and Glen avenues, all but a few of the houses are gone, replaced by a row of rectangular ashtrays.

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She describes the picturesque salon vividly, from the Jafra products to Patrick Nagel prints on the wall and the armrest ashtrays.

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But the breakthrough came from an Embassy cigarette end stubbed out on an ashtray on the living room coffee table.

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Five months in, I found myself on the floor, surrounded by the shattered remains of the porcelain ashtray I’d bought him.

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“We were drenched in sweat the entire time. There was never enough sweat for Tim. The lived-in clothing, the ashtrays — it all creates a physical reality.â€

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