circular file

noun

Facetious.

1. a wastebasket.

Word History and Origins

Origin of circular file¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The interesting thing is to consider what happens after the document ends up in the circular file in Schiff’s office.

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It is one of a few thousand prints rescued from the “circular file” of the tax assessor’s office more than a half-century ago.

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This let him conveniently lump two very different Russia-Trump reports into the same manila folder, mislabeled “fake news,” and deposit them in the circular file together.

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Contrary to popular opinion that completed guest surveys are dumped directly into the large circular file, our feedback can make a difference.

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One, Cruz, is virtually universally loathed by the politicos in his own party and the other, Trump, is saying things that would normally get a candidate an express ticket to the political circular file.

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