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单词 dustbin
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dustbinn.

Forms: see dust n.1 and bin n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dust n.1, bin n.
Etymology: < dust n.1 + bin n.On the application of dust n.1 shown in this compound see note at dust n.1 1a. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdust-bin.
1. A bin or receptacle for the dust, ashes, and other refuse of a house.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse
vat1534
voider1613
waste-paper box1836
dustbin1847
kid1847
waste-basket1850
scrap-box1858
waste-paper basket1859
garbage can1869
can1872
hell1872
scrap basket1872
sink tidy1881
tidy-betty1884
kitchen tidy1885
midden1890
wagger1903
W.P.B.1903
waste-bin1915
Sanibin1921
binette1922
G.I. can1929
trash can1929
trashbag1934
litter-bin1947
shitcan1948
pedal bin1951
trash-bin1955
litter-basket1958
midgie1965
bin1972
swing bin1972
tidy bin1972
dump bin1978
wheelie bin1984
binbag1986
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xvii. 161 The Captain's nosegay..was swept into the dust-binn next morning.
1895 E. A. Parkes Care Health 37 The old-fashioned brick dustbin.
figurative and attributive.1901 Beerbohm in Sat. Rev. 23 Feb. 234/2 The Drama of the Dustbin. This phrase was not coined by me... Mr. Clement Scott issued it into our currency as a description of ‘Mr. & Mrs. Daventry’.1930 C. Dixon This Way to Paradise i. 29 Wasn't it just one of the usual dust-bin experiences?1930 C. Dixon This Way to Paradise i. 30 The whole of existence is an affair of dust-bins.1931 R. Graves Poems 1926–30 53 He leads the sick words into parliament To rule a dust-bin world with deep-sleep phrases.1940 Times 25 Apr. 8/7 When two..men were summoned..for removing refuse from dustbins without authority..solicitor for the prosecution said, ‘This offence is known as “dustbin totting”.’1958 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country I. iv. 148 Trotsky relegated his defeated opponents to the dustbin of history.1959 Times 23 May 5/6 Plainly the Ulysses of James Joyce is the great source of the modern dustbin drama.
2. A gun-turret of an aircraft, esp. the one beneath the fuselage. slang.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > fuselage > gun-turret or -pit
gun-pit1877
gun turret1916
dustbin1934
ball turret1942
1934 Flight 15 Feb. 160/1 Our photographer..took his photographs from the ‘dustbin’, the retractable and rotatable turret for a Lewis gun beneath the fuselage.
1942 Gen 1 Sept. 14/1 The rear gunner's turret is the ‘dust bin’.
1967 C. H. Barnes Shorts Aircraft 377 Here there had originally been mounted a twin-Browning F.N. 25 retractable ventral turret..; this ‘dust-bin’ turret was deleted from early production Stirlings.

Compounds

dustbinman n. a refuse collector; = binman n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > one who
muckman1569
dustman1707
garbage collector1847
scaffy1853
refuse collector1876
sanitation man1939
garbageologist1940
garbologist1946
binmana1966
trashman1965
dustbinman1969
1969 TV Times 18 Sept. 8/2 He recited the formal caution: ‘The dustbinman never solicits gratuities, never ‘tots’ or sells scrap on the side, and he is never discourteous’.
1982 Times 9 Dec. 7/7 Rubbish continued to pile up on the streets and pavements of Paris yesterday as the dustbinmen's strike entered its fifth day.

Draft additions 1993

dustbin liner n. a bin-liner (see bin-liner n. at bin n. Compounds) for use inside a dustbin.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [noun] > lining > a liner for a dustbin
dustbin liner1976
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse > liner for
bin-liner1976
dustbin liner1976
1976 S. Wales Echo 26 Nov. 20/7 Black dustbin bags—which can be used on their own or as dustbin liners—are far more hygienic and convenient.
1984 P. Barker Blow your House Down xi. 70 And all I want her to do is put on a little bit of plastic... Dustbin liner. Anything.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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