ashcan
Example Sentences
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“The idea that tossing the desires of Pearl’s family into the ashcan is ‘just what journalists do’ is only a cover for indiscriminate National Enquirer logic,” he said in a June 2002 column.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Out of his esoteric sensibility, Beckett has fashioned the snob symbol of the ashcan lids under which two of his characters live in his play Endgame.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul thought it time to beat a silent retreat in the direction of the ashcan he had selected as his cover.
From The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain by George A. Warren
