ashtray

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|DAILY BEAST
Ten thousand; two in the front, two in the back, the rest in the ashtray.
Can the Holocaust be Funny?|Tom Doran|April 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Jason stopped shaking the dice and looked at them quizzically, then reached over and grabbed the ashtray.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
Hamilton carefully placed his cigar in the ashtray and tried to put a match into his mouth.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
Then 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 Gold
He 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

ashtray

/ (ˈæʃˌtreɪ) /

noun

a receptacle for tobacco ash, cigarette butts, etc

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