Dustbin
noun
A container where people put their garbage until it is taken away.
The kitchen dustbin is full and needs to be emptied.
Often appears as...
- empty the dustbin
- put in the dustbin
noun
A container where people put their garbage until it is taken away.
The kitchen dustbin is full and needs to be emptied.
Often appears as...
- empty the dustbin
- put in the dustbin
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Pro Tip 1/3British Term
Dustbin is commonly used in the UK, less so in American English.
Could you take the rubbish out to the dustbin?
Pro Tip 2/3Context Matters
Use 'dustbin' when referring to small, at-home or office garbage containers.
Every desk in this office has its own little dustbin.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Description
Dustbins usually have a lid to contain smells and keep out animals.
Make sure the lid on the dustbin is closed tightly.
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Police Horse Training PIPE...
banging a dustbin lid or firing up a leaf blower beneficial to a police horse well as we've established horses by nature are flight creatures but if they trust their riders they will become accustomed to these noises it's also the
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Capitalism will eat...
The world that I am describing to you is simultaneously libertarian, in that it prioritizes empowered individuals, Marxist, since it will have confined to the dustbin of history the division between capital and labor,
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A child of the state -...
millionaires and novelists and top lawyers and television executives and magazine editors and national journalists and dustbin men and hairdressers all who were looked after children fostered adopted or orphaned
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Journey to Chile's Wild...
our goal was to explore collect data and report to the Chilean's on how pristine the dustbin tirado's islands are
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Police Horse Training PIPE...
banging a dustbin lid or firing up a leaf blower beneficial to a police horse well as we've established horses by nature are flight creatures but if they trust their riders they will become accustomed to these noises it's also the
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
The world that I am describing to you is simultaneously libertarian, in that it prioritizes empowered individuals, Marxist, since it will have confined to the dustbin of history the division between capital and labor,
Video examples
A child of the state -...
millionaires and novelists and top lawyers and television executives and magazine editors and national journalists and dustbin men and hairdressers all who were looked after children fostered adopted or orphaned
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Journey to Chile's Wild...
our goal was to explore collect data and report to the Chilean's on how pristine the dustbin tirado's islands are
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Quote examples
Christopher Lee
English Actor
There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.
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Tom Rachman
English Novelist
At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple up your pages and toss them away. On one side, the dustbin would fill up, and on the other side, pages would rise into a novel.
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Chris Tarrant
English Celebrity
A big percentage of the Argentine economy is founded on beef ranching, and they produce steaks the size of dustbin lids. Malbec is the finest red wine in the world, and most restaurants have a wide selection.
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Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian Politician
I cannot throw my core values into a dustbin as some do for the sake of power and position. What kind of a politician that would make me then?
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Steve Nicol
Crisps, pies, pizzas, coke - I was a bit of a human dustbin. But my philosophy was: 'Ach, I'll burn it off at training.' And I did.
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Craig Charles
British Actor
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
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Mike White
Writer
Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history.
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Andre Braugher
American Actor
Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.
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W. Kamau Bell
American Comedian
We can't throw the worst part of racism into the dustbin of history.
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Matthew Bourne
English Dancer
I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.
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Christopher Lee
English Actor
There are certain things producers ask you to do, and when I was starting out, I said yes to everything. I was asked, for 'Quo Vadis,' to drive a chariot. I said, 'Oh yes. I'm licenced for all vehicles.' Two days later, I was sitting in this dustbin with two very aggressive horses. I didn't stay in it for long.
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Tom Rachman
English Novelist
At the outset, my notion of being a writer was that you would have moments of inspiration and moments of frustration, when you'd crumple up your pages and toss them away. On one side, the dustbin would fill up, and on the other side, pages would rise into a novel.
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Chris Tarrant
English Celebrity
A big percentage of the Argentine economy is founded on beef ranching, and they produce steaks the size of dustbin lids. Malbec is the finest red wine in the world, and most restaurants have a wide selection.
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Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Indian Politician
I cannot throw my core values into a dustbin as some do for the sake of power and position. What kind of a politician that would make me then?
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Steve Nicol
Crisps, pies, pizzas, coke - I was a bit of a human dustbin. But my philosophy was: 'Ach, I'll burn it off at training.' And I did.
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Craig Charles
British Actor
Once journalists have been rifling through your dustbins, you do try and keep them at arms' length.
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Mike White
Writer
Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history.
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Andre Braugher
American Actor
Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.
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W. Kamau Bell
American Comedian
We can't throw the worst part of racism into the dustbin of history.
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Matthew Bourne
English Dancer
I once went through the dustbin outside David Bowie's house.
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