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wastebasket

[ weyst-bas-kit, -bah-skit ]

noun

  1. a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.


wastebasket

/ ˈ·É±ðɪ²õ³ÙËŒ²úɑ˲õ°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. an open receptacle for paper and other dry litter Also called (esp in Britain)wastepaper basket
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Origin of wastebasket1

First recorded in 1855–60; waste + basket
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Crawl up the wastebasket—oooh, I didn’t know it would sway like that!

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This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.

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Last month, in an act of showmanship during a Facebook Live event, Fain condemned a contract proposal from Stellantis as “trash†— and tossed a copy of it into a wastebasket, “where it belongs,†he said.

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She said, “Suds, will you excuse yourself from Joey long enough to empty your wastebasket, please.â€

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There is an empty, deflated bag of microwave popcorn crumpled in the wastebasket.

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