Dumpster

[duhmp-ster] Origin

Dump·ster

[duhmp-ster]
Trademark.
a brand of large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
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Dumpster
1930s, from Dempster-Dumpster trash-hauling mechanism, patented by Dempster Brothers and probably named from dump (v.) with the surname in mind.
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