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file 13

file 13 noun: a trash can, wastepaper basket.

Noun

file 13 (uncountable)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A trash can, wastepaper basket.
    • Just put it in file 13. It doesn't warrant a response.
    • If not, it’s not going to be of value to you or anyone else to put it in print after the event has taken place. Therefore it will be filed in file 13, and just in case you’re not familiar with this file, the army calls it the “waste-basket”.1957, Cy Linder, “Piston Poppin’”, in American Motorcycling, page 34

Synonyms of file 13

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Questions about file 13

What does file 13 mean?
File 13 means a trash can, wastepaper basket.
What part of speech is file 13?
File 13 is a noun.

Words near file 13 in the dictionary

  1. filchingly
  2. filchings
  3. Filchner
  4. Fildu de Jos
  5. file
  6. file 13
  7. file allocation table
  8. file allocation tables
  9. file association
  10. file associations
  11. file away

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