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Ashcan

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Noun

1. ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin

a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ashcan

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noun
a US word for dustbin. Also called: garbage can, ash bin, trash can

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Ashcan

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noun
1. 
a large can for ashes and trash
2.  Us Navy; Slang
depth charge
: also ash can

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ashcan

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n.
1. A large, usually metal receptacle for trash.
2. Slang A depth charge.
3. Slang A powerful cylindrical firecracker.

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