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Meanings of waste-paper basket in English
Catalan
paperera A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.
Usage of waste-paper basket in English
1
I destroyed the noisome thing and cast it into the waste-paper basket.
2
Brooks crumpled the letter up and flung it into the waste-paper basket.
3
So I should advise you to put your regrets in the waste-paper basket.
4
She dropped the bits into the waste-paper basket and stood wide-eyed over them.
5
The youngest of the two had got into a waste-paper basket.
6
Most certainly your letter will not go into the waste-paper basket.
7
Don Roberto read the note, grunted, and threw it into the waste-paper basket.
8
Wallander crumpled the letter and threw it into the waste-paper basket.
9
At any rate, I don't throw them into a waste-paper basket.
10
Away, reptile, to the waste-paper basket, and thence to the flames!
11
Without an instant of hesitation, carelessly he tossed it intact into the waste-paper basket.
12
I asked, pointing to the waste-paper basket which she had planted beside my chair.
13
They had found the wallet in a waste-paper basket, after getting directions from Persson.
14
With an intense and hungry longing, they were concentrated upon her own waste-paper basket.
15
His waste-paper basket was full and his brief-case, but his friend fetched that away.'
16
And then suddenly I laughed in great relief, remembering the absence of the waste-paper basket.