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dumpster

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[duhmp-ster]

noun

  1. a large metal or plastic bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dumpster1

First recorded in 1935–40; dump ( def. ) + -ster ( def. ), originally part of the jingle “Dempster Dumpster, ” a trademark for a large trash container manufactured by the Dempster Brothers Company in Knoxville, Tennessee
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For the locals who couldn’t afford one of his instruments, dumpster diving to obtain a guitar was frequent and critical.

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It also talks nice about not throwing out people’s belongings, unless maybe they have bugs or feces on them — which, let’s be real, they might — in which case, the dumpster it is, even if that bundle may contain your identification or medications.

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The tiles whirled, twisting and turning like helicopter seeds or bird wings, before hitting the metal dumpster below.

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He opened the nozzle and chucked the canister into a gas station dumpster.

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Actress Diane Keaton has renovated entire homes with historic tiles, and preservationists have been known to dumpster dive to save Batchelder tiles from the landfill.

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