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ashpit en · NOUN

Etymology

From ash + pit.

Meanings

1. A pit for the disposal of ashes.
   • I hid my books in the long grass near the ashpit at the end of the garden where nobody ever came and hurried along the canal bank. 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 24:
2. a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".

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