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  • present tense form of bin (3rd person singular).
  • plural of bin.

bins

British  
/ bɪnz /

plural noun

  1. dialect a pair of glasses

"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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She was also warned by the host that their behaviour needed to improve or they could be told to leave, because they had left chairs blocking bins.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

And the city has removed many of the huge street-corner bins where Parisians are accustomed to dropping their empty wine and beer bottles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

On a windy morning in Maine's busiest lobster port of Stonington, bearded men in orange trouser bibs sort lobsters into bins, work on their steel wire traps, or prepare their boats.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

It recommends checking for loose items outside homes and making plans to secure them, including bins, garden furniture, trampolines, tents, sheds and fences.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Cohn looked at the bottles in bins around the wall.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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