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dust bin

dust bin is the alternative form of dustbin.

Meaning of dustbin

Noun

dustbin (plural dustbins)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland) A bin for holding rubbish until it can be collected; a garbage can.
    • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

Forms of dust bin

pluraldust bins

Questions about dust bin

What is dust bin the alternative form of?
Dust bin is the alternative form of dustbin.

Words near dust bin in the dictionary

  1. dust bath
  2. dust bathing
  3. dust baths
  4. dust beater
  5. dust beaters
  6. dust bin
  7. dust bins
  8. Dust Bowl
  9. dust box
  10. dust boxes
  11. dust bunnies

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