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Wastebasket   /wˈeɪstbˌæskət/   Listen
Wastebasket

noun
1.
A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.  Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastepaper basket.





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... count somewhat indistinctly, for he did not remove his cigar from his mouth in speaking, "only a reality which we always cross out again on awaking. Those are experiences which we always throw into the wastebasket again." ...
— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 • Various


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