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Rareashcan
The correct spelling is ashcan.
How to pronounce ashcan
noun
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The correct spelling is ashcan. A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
- 2.A kind of large firecracker.
adjective
- 1.Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
- 2.Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
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