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dustbins

dustbins is the plural 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

Phrases with dustbins

Questions about dustbins

What is dustbins the plural of?
Dustbins is the plural of dustbin.

Words near dustbins in the dictionary

  1. dustbaths
  2. dustbin
  3. dustbin check
  4. dustbin checks
  5. dustbin of history
  6. dustbins
  7. dustboard
  8. dustboards
  9. dustbowl
  10. dustbowls
  11. dustbox

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