wastebasket
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wastebasket
Example Sentences
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Do it once, but make sure to sit beside a wastebasket.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
These commitments are important, as they give Kennedy something to wad up and christen his wastebasket with when he steps into his new office.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2025
This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024
In one instance, he admitted writing an incriminating message known as the “dig note” — a possible to-do list found in a wastebasket in his Westchester house in 1982.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021
She said, “Suds, will you excuse yourself from Joey long enough to empty your wastebasket, please.”
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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