garbage can
Example Sentences
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They can be as large as buildings or as small as garbage cans.
Raccoons are known for breaking into peoples garbage cans, leading to the nickname "trash panda".
From BBC
“No Black person’s ever asked me why Mookie threw the garbage can through the window,” he notes.
Once, he even called out a Reds player’s lack of hustle on the basepaths — and ended up stuffed in a garbage can.
From Los Angeles Times
A few minutes later I came upon another man, who was digging through a garbage can for something to drink.
From Salon
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