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wastepaper basket

noun as in garbage can

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Example Sentences

Maybe you turn in the tissue you found in the wastepaper basket and some water out of the toilet.

Putting his hand up, he pulled out his wife's letter, and read it again cursorily before casting it into the wastepaper basket.

Peggy, armed with the wastepaper basket and the skin, followed open-mouthed.

The flush remained on his face, his cigarette had gone out, and he threw the stump savagely into the wastepaper basket.

Standing tore the message into small fragments and dropped them into the wastepaper basket beside him.

Where is that copy that you retrieved from the wastepaper basket?

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wastepaper basket, such as: dustbin, litter basket, litter bin, trashcan, wastebasket, and wastebin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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