¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trashcan
1. a rubbish bin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trashcan
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"feminists find offensive and seek to relegate to the trashcan of outdated customs,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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