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dumpster

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet …
Origin: Genericized brand name, from . The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled.. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “youtube.com/shorts/jsmx9... Obama…. So DIFFERENT from that DUMPSTER!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Tronald Dumpster fire is a Ruzzian tool... been saying that for years!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Love that it looks like a little jpeg of R2 stuffed into a dumpster”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hottest country in the world only because it’s a dumpster fire 🔥”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “By hottest he means a dumpster fire”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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