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View synonyms for garbage can
garbage can
noun
- a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
garbage can
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of garbage can1
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Example Sentences
I know what they smell like; I can describe it exactly: they smell like a garbage-can.
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Fuselli and another man carried the dripping garbage-can up the ladder that led up from the mess hall.
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The hunchback was sitting on a garbage-can, almost at the entrance.
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