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waste-paper basket

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Noun1.waste-paper basket - a container with an open topwaste-paper basket - a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
circular file, waste 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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she says, looking at the waste-paper basket, which contains most of my work of the night and with a dear gesture she lifts up a torn page and kisses it.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Mr Ferguson kicked the waste-paper basket savagely.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Yes, I have very little hesitation in saying that could we examine the waste-paper baskets of the hotels around Charing Cross until we found the remains of the mutilated Times leader we could lay our hands straight upon the person who sent this singular message.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
 
 
 
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