wastepaper basket

Variant of wastebasket

wastebasket definition

waste·basket (wāst′bas′kit)

noun

a basket or other open container for wastepaper, bits of trash, etc.
also wastepaper basket

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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