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Meanings of dustbin in English

Portuguese
ferro-velho
Catalan
cubell de les escombraries
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A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.

      ferro-velho
      Usage of dustbin in English
      1
      And the pieces of the money pig were put into the dustbin.
      Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
      2
      He digs for rats in the dustbin sometimes, and gets very dirty.
      The Story of the Treasure Seekers / Being the Adventures of the ...
      3
      Children were playing in the sand with the remains of a dustbin.
      Kennedy's brain
      4
      It was exhilarating to watch the police cower under commandeered dustbin lids.
      The Guardian
      5
      You took the boy's socks off and threw them in the dustbin.
      Voices
      6
      They went out to the dustbin and rummaged around in the rubbish.
      Voices
      7
      In the dustbin, I fear, with the cretonne-covered egg-boxes and the penny fans.
      The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
      8
      Kitty metaphorically tossed the whole pack of qualifications into the dustbin.
      The Moon out of Reach
      9
      Like apartheid in South Africa it is consigned to the dustbin of history.
      The Irish Times
      10
      I remained by the dustbin, hoping she would forget my presence.
      Another life altogether: a novel
      11
      A policeman stands near a burning dustbin in Paris last night
      The Irish Times
      12
      Two bailouts in a row went into the dustbin, into a bottomless barrel.
      Reuters
      13
      Then she nodded, acknowledging my father's continuing battle with the dustbin.
      Another life altogether: a novel
      14
      Some versions are roughly the same size and shape as a dustbin lid.
      Reuters
      15
      All of them got thrown into the dustbin of NFL history.
      Wired
      16
      He was sitting with his back against a dustbin, possibly sleeping.
      Drood: a novel
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