rubbish bin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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That's the world telling them that their understanding of Irishness is bound for the rubbish bin of history.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023
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
Perhaps, as Buffon said so floridly of Oliver, it would take a rubbish bin for a heart.
From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018
There were other things from the Ayemenem House that had either been given to them or salvaged from the rubbish bin.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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