ashcan

noun

1. A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
2. (idiomatic)A dustbin, trash can, or the like.

   “He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table.”

3. (US, idiomatic, slang)A kind of large firecracker.

verb

1. (informal, transitive)To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
2. (not-comparable)Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.