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bin liner

British  

noun

  1. a plastic bag used to line the inside of a rubbish bin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One night, he packed his belongings into a bin liner, stuffed a blanket under his bed sheets to make it look as if he was still sleeping, and crept out of his construction site.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2025

Something—a rat or a fox or even, perhaps, the cat I’d just seen—had ripped a bin liner open.

From The New Yorker Apr. 8, 2019

But Mr Tootle's family said they had seen footage which apparently showed him covered with a bin liner.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2015

Photograph: Alamy She was a tearful, older woman holding a bulging bin liner.

From The Guardian Aug. 14, 2012

Community pharmacies are collection points for society's redundant medicines, and the bin liner – her late husband's medical legacy and stark testament to over-prescribing – was dispatched for disposal.

From The Guardian Aug. 14, 2012

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