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wastepaper basket N

wastepaper basket

cesto m de lixo

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He was doing it in the wastepaper basket. www.afr.com

Plenty of reverential close-ups of notebooks, pens and overflowing wastepaper bins are also standard. www.independent.co.uk

An extraordinary visitation in 1910 complained that there were no spittoon, no wastepaper basket and no handkerchief available, and that the benches were old and therefore unsuitable. en.wikipedia.org

When the notes are no longer needed, the board can automatically repel them and drop them into a small wastepaper basket below. www.pcworld.co.nz

Local vandals have therefore taken to planting flowers in the wastepaper baskets. en.wikipedia.org

The company has developed processes to recycle many types of wastepaper materials into clean, usable pulp. www.digitaljournal.com

On the committee's recommendation, more than 300 tons of records were sold as wastepaper. en.wikipedia.org

Indeed, upon further investigation, it appears that my wastepaper basket is full... of waste paper. www.theregister.co.uk

Before sixty copies had been sold the publisher became bankrupt and the stock went for wastepaper. en.wikipedia.org

A noticeable feature is the tall cylindrical wastepaper basket, magenta edged with brass bands with a padded black lid. www.telegraph.co.uk

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