n. A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
n. A kind of large firecracker.
adj. Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
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n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
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n. early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected
Word Usage
"Before the end of 1939, the Fawcett company created some "ashcan" issues of a new comic book, printed without color and hand-bound, to secure its copyrights and to show to potential advertisers."