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dumpster

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[ duhmp-ster ]

noun

  1. a large metal or plastic bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dumpster1

First recorded in 1935–40; dump ( def ) + -ster ( def ), originally part of the jingle “Dempster Dumpster, †a trademark for a large trash container manufactured by the Dempster Brothers Company in Knoxville, Tennessee
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He opened the nozzle and chucked the canister into a gas station dumpster.

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Actress Diane Keaton has renovated entire homes with historic tiles, and preservationists have been known to dumpster dive to save Batchelder tiles from the landfill.

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The back window looked out over an alley and a dumpster.

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The cat was left in a dumpster near the 25000 block of Cabot Road in Laguna Hills around 7:20 p.m.

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A man was arrested shortly after the release of a video that allegedly showed him taking an injured cat out of a trash bag and tossing it into a dumpster in Orange County, authorities said.

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