garbage can
Example Sentences
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She wedges garbage cans into corners to prevent flipping, and warns her guests not to leave their coats within Stella’s reach.
He opened the lid to the metal garbage can.
From Literature
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A group of students from Seikei University in Tokyo began walking around Shibuya last year carrying garbage cans on their backs like book bags.
“You think you can get Cora Phillips to even talk to you after the garbage can incident?”
From Literature
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They have lost interest in the mundane—how cereal boxes, air conditioners, fish-stick packages or garbage cans will change over the coming years.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.