dustbin
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noun Chiefly British.
an ashcan; garbage can.
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| garbage can, US and Canadian names: trash can a large, usually cylindrical container for rubbish, esp one used by a household | |
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Dustbin
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example sentences
It needs to be relegated to the dustbin of economic history.
It was a relic, consigned to the dustbin of history by a rising tide of contempt for the academic curriculum.
We are merely waiting for elections to confine him to the dustbin of history.
Safety should never be an enigma buried in some musty bureaucratic dustbin.
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