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rubbish bin

British

noun

NZ equivalent: rubbish tin. a container for rubbish

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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

That letter was later reported to have landed in the rubbish bin beneath Erdogan's desk.

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2019

Perhaps, as Buffon said so floridly of Oliver, it would take a rubbish bin for a heart.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2018

And then he remembered the bag of leaves he’d stuffed into the rubbish bin.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

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