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Wastepaper basket   /wˈeɪstpˌeɪpər bˈæskət/   Listen
Wastepaper basket

noun
1.
A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.  Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastebasket.





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"Wastepaper basket" Quotes from Famous Books



... lay a gray kitten. The kitten had that morning upset an inkstand over three sheets of the Canon's laborious handwriting. At the time he had indeed dropped her angrily by the scruff of the neck into a wastepaper basket to repent of her sins; but here she was again, and the Canon ...
— The Case of Richard Meynell • Mrs. Humphry Ward


Words linked to "Wastepaper basket" :   waste-paper basket, waste basket, circular file, container


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