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
While the newspaper-trained illustrators who became the ashcan school saw ugliness as a police court scene, their friend.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
That was only an ashcan you bumped into.
From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie
