Usage of "ashcan" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Catalan

A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.

Usage of ashcan in English

Rabbit takes off his coat, folds it nicely, and rests it on a clean ashcan lid. 
 Rabbit, run 

The ashcan exploded a split-second later, blackening the back of Henry's shirt and tearing some of it away. 
 IT 

Ashcans, garage doors, fences of chickenwire caging crisscrossing stalks of dead flowers. 
 Rabbit, run 

The paintings are somewhat reminiscent of the Ashcan School. 
 The new yorker 

I'm just happy I get to play as "Ashcan" Pete. 
 Wired 

He came to a pile of ashcans, and wanted to dump them, but somebody was watching him. 
 The new yorker 

He was the star of the so-called Ashcan School, a group of artists whom Henri inspired to strive for realism. 
 Reuters 

There are cabbages in baskets and rusty ashcans in front oof the grocery store where we but nonalcoholic vermouth and ginger ale. 
 The new yorker 

"Thanks," he said, "you over-programmed ashcan. 
 The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth 

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Translations for ashcan

Portuguese

Catalan

Ashcan through the time

Meanings of ashcan in English