dumpster

Genericized brand name, from blend of dump +‎ Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled.^[1] By surface analysis, dump +‎ -ster.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌmpstɚ/

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dumpster (plural dumpsters)

1. (Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

   Synonyms: skip (Commonwealth, UK), communal bin (UK)

   Hyponym: rolloff

   • 2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town‎^[1]:

     He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.

   • 2020 December 27, Dave Barry, “Dave Barry's Year in Review 2020”, in The Washington Post Magazine‎^[2]:

     […] with the uncanny ability to always look like he just woke up in a dumpster

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