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dustbox en · NOUN

Etymology

From dust + box.

Meanings

1. A waste bin or trash can, for ashes, dust, and other rubbish.
   • It all happened because it was dustbox morning and was raining cats and dogs and Henry had started the day off badly by getting soaked to the skin putting the dustboxes out owing to the bottom falling out of one of the dustboxes and depositing sundry parcels of household rejects in a puddle. 1953 October 3, The Record, Emerald Hill, Vic, page 9, column 1:
   • Muttering breathless curses, Cripps collected as much of the Japanese jar as he could find, and hid the pieces in somebody else's dust box, and, with Limpet's belongings in an untidy bundle, departed hurriedly, like a burglar who had gone mad and stolen all the wrong things. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 90:
   • For a long period it had been dif ficult to buy dust boxes, but they were now obtainable. He suggested that, in the interests of hygiene, a campaign for the provision by householders of suitable dustboxes should be carried out. 1951 December 1, The Record, Emerald Hill, Vic, page 6, column 4:
   • The professor, Dr. Gilbert Gels 29, said the four students had painstakingly rummaged in dust boxes until they found the discarded stencils used to mimeograph the examinations. 1954 January 28, The Record, Emerald Hill, Vic, page 1, column 3:
   • Dust boxes are to be erected by the Council, and occupiers are obliged to deposit their dust and ashes in these boxes, under a penalty. 1850 November 2, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 4, column 3:
2. A box inside a vacuum cleaner where collected dust is stored.
3. A box of sand or earth for poultry to take dust baths.
   • Let her roll in the dust-box near by; feed and water regularly. 1875 September 25, The Leader, Melbourne, page 7, column 3:
4. (historical) A box containing pounce for drying ink after writing.

Forms

Coordinates

dustbag

Synonyms

dusting box · dust bin