ashcan
Example Sentences
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The 1940s sundered the 20th century, dispatching an entire global framework and any number of abiding social orders to the ashcan of history.
From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2018
Even the ashcan colors and chiaroscuro lighting brighten.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2011
In Garrett's design, raw garbage straight from the ashcan would be chopped into gravel-sized pieces by an enormous shredder, then run through a dryer to remove moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fashions in snobbery change, but the green carnation and the ashcan lids are interchangeable as disengaged scoffing at the everyday business of living.
From Time Magazine Archive
I even picked some out of the ashcan.
From An Anarchist Woman by Hapgood, Hutchins
