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bin
noun- a pocket UK, 1936
- taken it out of his bin — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 123, 1958
- So, from being dead skint at getting-up time, I’ve now got ninety-five quid in the bin. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 41, 1962
- You see–apart from that–you’ve got twenty notes of folding green in the bin [pocket]. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 113, 1984
- They won’t scoff at the extra half-mill in my back bin and all. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 235, 2001
- a hospital or other institution for the treatment of psychiatric problems and mental illness UK, 1938
Abbrevation of LOONY BIN- — Evelyn Waugh, Mr Loveday’s Little Outing, 1936
- — Ann Barr and Peter York, The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook, p. 158, 1982
- [T]he psychiatric staff at the local bin continued to investigate the uninvestigable[.] — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 76, 2002
- a cell in a prison or a police station UK
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- a pair of spectacles, glasses; binoculars; hence, the eyes UK
Abbreviated from “binoculars”; also variant “binns”. - The whole time this was being said the governor was clocking me over the top of his bins with more than a little distaste. — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 24, 1958
▶ the bins
a Goodwill Industry’s used clothing store, where used clothing is sold by the pound- — How to Talk American, p. 261, 1997
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