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Definition of Ash Can
1. Noun. Early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ash Can
Literary usage of Ash Can
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety: Proceedings of the First International edited by T. J. Casadevall (1995)
"VOLCANIC Techniques for reducing the effects of volcanic ash can be grouped into
three broad categories: (1) keeping the ash out, (2) controlling what gets ..."
2. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"A. No, sir; I drove over between the ash can and the porch. ... A. The wood shed
is on the other side of the road, and the ash can is on this side of the ..."
3. Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines by National Research Council (U. S.), National Academies Press, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (2006)
"The FBC ash can sometimes be substituted for lime in cement for road base ...
Alkaline fly ash can be used to reduce soil acidity (Adriano et al., 1980; ..."
4. Fire Prevention: A Treatise and Text Book on Making Life and Property Safe by Peter Joseph McKeon (1912)
"The can known in the trade as Engineer's Steel Ash Can, is suggested ...
Ordinary ash can: In buildings where coal stoves are in use and only a small ..."
5. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"If a white ash can not be obtained in this manner, exhaust the charred mass with
water, collect the insoluble residue on a filter, burn, add this ash to the ..."
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