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the wastebasket
noun
A receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a rubbish bin; a garbage can. Usually small and used indoors.
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"The wastebasket should be emptied.
We threw the letter in the wastebasket.
He threw the manuscript into the wastebasket.
He tossed his latte cup into the wastebasket.
"If I'm not shocked, then it goes into the wastebasket".
Kendall crumpled it up and threw it in the wastebasket.
So choices between clutter and the wastebasket must be made.
Then he threw her away in the wastebasket".
If, in producing a piece, he felt stuck, he just chucked it in the wastebasket.
As Maria frequently told the press, she had thrown "Memoirs" in the wastebasket.
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The wastebasket-by-the-door thing is a hygiene issue.
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