wastebasket
Example Sentences
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Crawl up the wastebasket—oooh, I didn’t know it would sway like that!
From Literature
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This trend should be in the same wastebasket as mullets, microwave dinners and inflated lips.
From Los Angeles Times
Last month, in an act of showmanship during a Facebook Live event, Fain condemned a contract proposal from Stellantis as “trash” — and tossed a copy of it into a wastebasket, “where it belongs,” he said.
From Seattle Times
She said, “Suds, will you excuse yourself from Joey long enough to empty your wastebasket, please.”
From Literature
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There are two wide windows with sheer curtains, a closet with an ironing board tucked inside, a mini fridge, a mini wastebasket.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.