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• n  a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish

• I picked up a wastebasket: I planned to fill it with water.
• The moment Eastland's eye was elsewhere, he emptied his glass into a wastebasket.
• The back room had an important blue wastebasket; everything that went into it was put through the shredder.

• wastepaper basket
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• circular file

News & Articles

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• Arlington Heights seeking ‘trashy’ art for Frontier Days
  One man's trash may be another man's art in Arlington Heights this summer. The village's arts commission is hosting the 7th annual "Decorated Object Art Competition" to showcase the work of artists of all ages at the annual Frontier Days Festival. This year's object is a wastebasket.
  June 6, 2013 - Daily Herald