dustbin

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈdʌstbɪn/

Definition of dustbin

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland)A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
    “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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Etymology

From dust + bin, as used for disposing of dust (originally ash from domestic fires) and other rubbish.

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