ashcan

  1. Noun.  A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
  2. Noun.  (US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
  3. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.

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