Dustbin

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  • noun. A can or barrel for refuse.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A covered receptacle for the accumulated dust, ashes, and rubbish of a dwelling, usually placed in a cellar or in a yard.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
  • Word Usage
    "JW writes about subjects such as drug-addict mother, or baby abandoned in dustbin, or girl whose best friend is killed by a car, or girl whose best friend moves away, or children whose parents break up, who are fat, live in B&B accommodation, in children's homes, have multi-fathers or tattooed mothers, etc -- from the child's perception."
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