ashtray
Americannoun
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ashtrays
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noun
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I looked as if I had been rolling around in a giant ashtray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Fiji's ambassador to the United Nations, Filipo Tarakinikini, wrote on social media on Monday that the Vuda coast north of Nadi "must not become the Pacific's ashtray".
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Baltimore Ravens legend Ed Reed frequently comments on his posts and recently sent him a branded cigar ashtray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
It’s an elegant way to turn the humble ashtray into a dinner party centerpiece.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Madame Crommelynck tapped cigarette ash into a blobby ruby ashtray.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The Mint struck its final circulating pennies on Nov. 12, 2025, each one costing 3.69 cents to produce, leaving roughly 300 billion of them in jars, couches and the ashtrays of America.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
She has made little cats, wreaths and ashtrays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
“We just have to police the regulations. We can’t have ashtrays on dining tables, for example.”
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2024
Ann Bryant of the Bear League advocacy organization told KCRA-3 that some people turn them into souvenirs, such as ashtrays.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
The apartment was cluttered with little porcelain figures, decorative plates, and ashtrays from various nightclubs.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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