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Wastepaper basket   /wˈeɪstpˌeɪpər bˈæskət/   Listen
Wastepaper basket

noun
1.
A container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish.  Synonyms: circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastebasket.





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"Wastepaper basket" Quotes from Famous Books



... conveying the sheet to the wastepaper basket as one who piously removes some unsavoury litter out of the way of those who walk delicately. Miss Levering arrested him with ...
— The Convert • Elizabeth Robins
... except a sideboard which stands against the wall between the vestibule door and the pavilion, a small writing table with a blotter, a rack for telegram forms and stationery, and a wastepaper basket, standing out in the hall near the sideboard, and a lady's worktable, with two chairs at it, towards the other side of the lounge. The writing table has also two chairs at it. On the sideboard there is a tantalus, liqueur bottles, a syphon, a glass jug ...
— Misalliance • George Bernard Shaw


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