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wastepaper
[ weyst-pey-per ]
wastepaper
/ ˈweɪstˌpeɪpə /
noun
- paper discarded after use
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wastepaper1
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Example Sentences
Maybe you turn in the tissue you found in the wastepaper basket and some water out of the toilet.
From The Daily Beast
Putting his hand up, he pulled out his wife's letter, and read it again cursorily before casting it into the wastepaper basket.
From Project Gutenberg
Peggy, armed with the wastepaper basket and the skin, followed open-mouthed.
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The flush remained on his face, his cigarette had gone out, and he threw the stump savagely into the wastepaper basket.
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Standing tore the message into small fragments and dropped them into the wastepaper basket beside him.
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Where is that copy that you retrieved from the wastepaper basket?
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