Etymology
Origin of ashcan
Example Sentences
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But Kane’s obvious stylistic forerunner is Samuel Beckett, though she never veils desolation in allegorical trees or ashcans.
From New York Times
The 1940s sundered the 20th century, dispatching an entire global framework and any number of abiding social orders to the ashcan of history.
From The Guardian
“The names of Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law will be remembered long after the names of those who have persecuted them have been forgotten and swept into the ashcan of history.”
From The Guardian
I thought of the gang dumping ashcans on Third Avenue and soaping up the windows.
From Literature
Not since 1974 – when a Watergate-weary nation almost tossed the Republican Party into history’s ashcan has an American political party been beaten so badly.
From US News
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