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garbage can



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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

“You think you can get Cora Phillips to even talk to you after the garbage can incident?”

From Literature

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 The Wall Street Journal

They can be as large as buildings or as small as garbage cans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Raccoons are known for breaking into peoples garbage cans, leading to the nickname "trash panda".

From BBC