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
Shirley Anne took the head of the statue out of the ashcan.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Endgame, the lid is lifted on a character who is dying in an ashcan, and it is disclosed that "he's crying."
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
