dustbin

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English

Two metal dustbins

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dust +‎ bin, as used for disposing of dust and other rubbish.

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dustbin (plural dustbins)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

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