ashcan

noun 3adj 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.

2

A dustbin, trash can, or the like.

He chain-lit a fresh cigarette and flicked the old butt, still smouldering, into the steel ash-can beside his drawing table.

3

A kind of large firecracker.

verb

1

To throw out like rubbish; to ditch or trash.

adj

1

Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.

2

Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.

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