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