ashcan

Noun

 * 1) A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
 * 2) A dustbin.
 * 3)  A kind of large firecracker.

Derived terms

 * ashcan of history

Translations

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Verb

 * 1)  To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.