Definition of Trashcan

1. Noun. (alternative form of trash can) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trashcan

1. a rubbish bin [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trashcan

trash bags
trash barrel
trash bin
trash can
trash cans
trash collection
trash drawer
trash drawers
trash dump
trash heap
trash out
trash pickup
trash pile
trashbag
trashbags
trashcan (current term)
trashcans
trashed
trasher
trashers
trashery
trashes
trashier
trashiest
trashily
trashiness
trashinesses
trashing
trashlike
trashman

Literary usage of Trashcan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"feminists find offensive and seek to relegate to the trashcan of outdated customs, has always existed as a non-negotiable tenet of European (as opposed to ..."

2. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"He read it three more times before balling it up and throwing it into the trashcan. He took another deep breath. It would take more than a few gunshots to ..."

3. Survivor from an Unknown War: The Life of Isakjan Narzikul by Stephen Lee Crane (1999)
"... walked from the classroom, he paused at the trashcan and, as was his usual habit, picked up a used copy of the newspaper "Road to Socialism. ..."

4. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"Does the software include use of a SYSOP - editable "trashcan" file of caller names which should be immediately ejected ("hacker", "crap". ..."

5. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"... as soon as I was out of earshot I spit the crap out into my hand and tossed it in some other dude's trashcan. I couldn't ditch the taste of rancid ..."

6. Cats in a Chowder by Fred J Schneider (2006)
"replied the other, rolling a big gray trashcan streaked with dried catsup. "Them! They're the swine. Us, we're just the cats in the chowder! ..."

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