单词 | dump bin |
释义 | dump binn. 1. Marketing. A free-standing cardboard display unit used for the promotional display of retail items (now esp. paperback books). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > stand or board on which goods exposed shamble971 whimsy-board1702 showcard1802 dump bin1961 1961 Grocer 4 Nov. 36/3 Doubling the selling space..was not..the greatest expense. It was the..new sectional shelving, eight dump bins, and..the new self-service refrigerator. 1972 Statistician 21 165 The promotion was displayed in a dump bin and the standard stock was left on the shelf. 1984 Bookseller 7 July 62/3 Unusual [sic] for a hardback, there will be dumpbins, since ‘it will sell like a paperback,’ says OUP. 1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. (Review section) 14/2 Will money be spent on a poster for bookshop windows, will there be advertising in newspapers or the sides of buses, will the author be sent on a book tour, will there be dumpbins in shops or a free paperback with a glossy magazine like Elle or Marie-Claire? 2. Any (usually large) open receptacle used for the deposit of waste or the storage of goods. 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 1978 S. King Stand xxxv. 303 Sprawled in the back of one of the dump-bins was the crow-picked body of what had once been a man. 1981 Mining Mag. (Nexis) Feb. 136 In the new refinery, the skips from No. 1 shaft will dump into 45 t capacity skip dump bins. 1986 New Yorker 7 July 21/2 We scrambled down a ramp, dodged around a dump bin. 1996 Independent 11 Nov. ii. 2/3 The floor of the children's section was painted with hopscotch squares, respectable middle-aged women handed their bags to their companions, did a skippety-jump and headed, smiling, straight for the strategically placed dump bins of extra yellow shoulder sacks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961 |
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