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rubbish bin

British  

noun

  1. NZ equivalent: rubbish tin. a container for rubbish

"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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Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Emulating his patented fadeaway with a screwed-up ball of paper tossed into a rubbish bin while exclaiming 'Kobe!' was the closest I ever got.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021

You see, every dish on the nightly menu is made with ingredients that were destined for the rubbish bin, often because they’re bruised or slightly overripe.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2020

It was the runt of its litter and had been found in a rubbish bin, where it had been thrown away.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 30, 2019

They called me the rubbish bin of the family.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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