trash can
Example Sentences
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For decades, Japan has enjoyed a reputation as one of the cleanest places in the world, all while having almost no public trash cans.
Others lounge on spotty lawns near overflowing trash cans.
From Los Angeles Times
“I mean, I know he can smell things miles away, but how do we know he’s not headed for some trash can in town?”
From Literature
They eat people’s livestock in the country, and knock over trash cans and scare people’s dogs in the city.
From Literature
Mothers feed babies with scraps scavenged from trash cans.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
