ash can

noun

1. See dustbin
   a US word for dustbin Also calledgarbage canash bintrash can

Example Sentences

The tank, a galvanized-iron ash-can, is provided with a conical top, through an opening in which a funnel is placed.

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Now take that thing out of the dining-room and throw it in the ash-can!

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Aurora believed it had been recovered from the ash-can, and her breast was filled with awe.

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She was as plebeian as an ash-can and as full of old embers.

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One of our destroyers hopped to twenty-five knots, dumped over a 300-pound "ash-can," and got Mister U-boat.

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