wastebasket

wastebasket englannista suomeksi

1. paperikori

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wastebasket englanniksi

1. A usually small indoor receptacle for items that are to be discarded; a bin.

2. Any region or grouping that is worthless or meaningless.

3. {{quote-book|en|year=2017|author=Russell Tuttle|title=The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates|page=122

4. {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Harald Burger; Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij; Peter Kühn|title=Phraseologie / Phraseology|volume=2|page=819

5. To discard in a wastebasket.

6. ante 1924 (posthumous, died 1910): Twain|Mark Twain, ''Autobiography''

I was aweary, aweary, and I put it in the waste basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.