A rubbish bin is the UK, Irish, and Commonwealth English term for what Americans call a trash can or garbage can — the container you toss your waste into. Completely standard and entirely uncontroversial, it's one of those regional vocabulary differences that perfectly illustrates how English diverges across the Atlantic. Whether it's the kitchen bin under the sink, the wheelie bin outside the house, or the large one in the office, if you're in the UK, it's a rubbish bin and that's final.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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She crumpled up the failed draft and tossed it straight into the rubbish bin.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) garbage can, trash can.
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