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circular file

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circular file
n. Slang
A wastebasket.
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Noun1.circular filecircular file - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
waste basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basket
container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)


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How often do you at least figuratively crumple your copy paper, toss it into the circular file, sigh and begin anew?
Writing tighter for online prospects, using Prof. Lanham's Lard Factor by Goss, Fred / The Newsletter on Newsletters
Many shareholders chuck such materials right into the circular file, perhaps not realizing they are throwing away their only chance to make their voices heard on important corporate issues.
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As a result, the vast majority of analyst bias claims are shunted to the circular file.
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