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ashcan
noun- a depth charge US, 1918
- Deduct fifteen for an ashcan to sink to medium depth. — C. S. Forester, The Good Shepherd, p. 84, 1955
- We had ashcans on the stern of the vessel. — New York Times, p. 29, 1 January 1987
- — J. E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, p. 36, 1994
- a small, powerful, cylindrical firecracker US, 1970
- — Frederic G. Cassidy, Dicitonary of American Regional English, Volume 1, p. 95, 1985
- in the television and film industries, an arc light roughly shaped like a rubbish bin US, 1942
- — Wilfred Granville, The Theater Dictionary, p. 8, 1952
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