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wastecans

wastecans is the plural of wastecan.

Meaning of wastecan

Noun

wastecan (plural wastecans)

  1. (uncommon) A container for holding waste; a trash can.
    • The only other people in sight were Tommy Weeks - a lanky maintenance man who was emptying wastecans and sweeping up - and George Fintel.1991, Dean R[ay] Koontz, Cold Fire, London […]: BCA, page 67

Questions about wastecans

What is wastecans the plural of?
Wastecans is the plural of wastecan.

Words near wastecans in the dictionary

  1. wasteboard
  2. wasteboards
  3. wastebook
  4. wastebooks
  5. wastecan
  6. wastecans
  7. wastecoat
  8. wastecoats
  9. wasted
  10. wasted away
  11. wasted breath

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