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trashboxes

trashboxes is the plural of trashbox.

Meaning of trashbox

Noun

trashbox (plural trashboxes)

  1. A receptacle for trash.
    • Sitting on a trashbox at a coiner was an old man in rags, and Carleton forced his shoulders back in a gesture of contempt for this old bastard — he would never be like that.1967, Joyce Carol Oates, A garden of earthly delights, page 123
  2. An electronic folder for deleted electronic mail.
    • Liam shook his head, and clicked on inbox. Wasn't much in it, or in the outbox, or in the trashbox.1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death, page 52
  3. Synonym of flophouse.
    • In the course of his statement to the investigating police officers, defendant Griffin admitted that he had left the trashbox when he heard who he thought was a night watchman pass by.2014, Gary R. Hartman, Roy M. Mersky, Cindy L. Tate, Landmark Supreme Court Cases, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    flophouse

Questions about trashboxes

What is trashboxes the plural of?
Trashboxes is the plural of trashbox.

Words near trashboxes in the dictionary

  1. trashbag
  2. trashbags
  3. trashbin
  4. trashbins
  5. trashbox
  6. trashboxes
  7. trashcan
  8. trashcans
  9. trashed
  10. trashed out
  11. trasher

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