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garbage can

noun

  1. a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.


garbage can

noun

  1. a large, usually cylindrical container for refuse, esp one used by a household Also calledash binash cantrash canin Britain (and certain other countries)dustbin
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Origin of garbage can1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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When the dog found the correct garbage can, officers eventually knocked it over.

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It's not the most important norm that Trump has thrown in the garbage can in his first month in office but it's a telling one.

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On the chopping block are hundreds — and potentially thousands — of park rangers who respond to medical emergencies, as well as visitor center employees and the crews that clean bathrooms and empty garbage cans.

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People snow skiing down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, garbage can lids and plastic baby pools used as makeshift sleds, snowmen on the beach; it was something out of this world.

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Our staff wrote dozens and dozens of excellent jokes, well constructed, funny, interesting, surprising jokes that we threw in the garbage can because they weren’t right for our show’s particular tone.

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