Usage of "waste-paper basket"

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A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.

Ús de waste-paper basket en anglès

I destroyed the noisome thing and cast it into the waste-paper basket. 
 The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel 

Brooks crumpled the letter up and flung it into the waste-paper basket. 
 A Prince of Sinners 

So I should advise you to put your regrets in the waste-paper basket. 
 The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Race... 

She dropped the bits into the waste-paper basket and stood wide-eyed over them. 
 Erik Dorn 

The youngest of the two had got into a waste-paper basket. 
 The Law and the Lady 

Most certainly your letter will not go into the waste-paper basket. 
 Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography 

Don Roberto read the note, grunted, and threw it into the waste-paper basket. 
 The Californians 

Wallander crumpled the letter and threw it into the waste-paper basket. 
 Firewall 

At any rate, I don't throw them into a waste-paper basket. 
 Barchester Towers 

Away, reptile, to the waste-paper basket, and thence to the flames! 
 Roundabout Papers 

Without an instant of hesitation, carelessly he tossed it intact into the waste-paper basket. 
 The Frame Up 

I asked, pointing to the waste-paper basket which she had planted beside my chair. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 

They had found the wallet in a waste-paper basket, after getting directions from Persson. 
 Firewall 

With an intense and hungry longing, they were concentrated upon her own waste-paper basket. 
 The Frame Up 

His waste-paper basket was full and his brief-case, but his friend fetched that away.' 
 The Third Man 

And then suddenly I laughed in great relief, remembering the absence of the waste-paper basket. 
 Jaffery 

Translations for waste-paper basket

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Significats de waste-paper basket en anglès