ashtray
a receptacle for tobacco ashes of smokers.
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How to use ashtray in a sentence
Can’t forget the rocks and shells in the ashtray, the masks slung around the rearview mirror, or the dinosaur toy glued to the dash.
His image on the book cover — smiling in a suit, holding a glass half-full of red wine and a lit Camel cigarette in an ashtray — conveys his old-school approach to politics.
In new book, John Boehner says today’s GOP is unrecognizable to traditional conservatives and dishes on his time in politics | Paul Kane, Colby Itkowitz, Aaron Blake | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostEither way, “I will come out stronger,” she says, stubbing her cigarette in a glass ashtray.
The 'Badass Chief of Staff' of Turkey's Opposition Faces Years in Jail After Challenging Erdogan's Power. She's Not Backing Down | Joseph Hincks / Istanbul | February 24, 2021 | TimeOn the desk, an ashtray is filled with 23-year-old cigarette butts and a gas mask.
The KGB Welcomes You to Estonia’s Hotel Viru. Please Mind the Hidden Bugs | Nina Strochlic | July 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA glass of vodka sat next to the ashtray on his night table.
Dice cracks a window so he can chain-smoke Marlboro Lights, using a glass of water as an ashtray.
Andrew Dice Clay on ‘Blue Jasmine,’ His Alleged Misogyny, and More | Marlow Stern | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTen thousand; two in the front, two in the back, the rest in the ashtray.
He promptly offered an explanation for that slam and for his dismissal of Vice President Biden as “dumb as an ashtray.”
Roger Ailes Couldn’t Care Less What You Think About His Obama Comments | Howard Kurtz | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJason stopped shaking the dice and looked at them quizzically, then reached over and grabbed the ashtray.
Deathworld | Harry HarrisonHamilton carefully placed his cigar in the ashtray and tried to put a match into his mouth.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van LoanThen I came across something that looked like an ashtray with a blue electric shimmer obscuring the bottom of the bowl.
The Old Die Rich | Horace Leonard GoldHe would disgorge from the pit of his favourite ashtray all the toxins lodged in the burnt up tobacco.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron Brown(He quenches his cigar angrily on Bloom's ear) Where's that Goddamned cursed ashtray?
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for ashtray
/ (ˈæʃˌtreɪ) /
a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc
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