Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for containers designed for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
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Examples
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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Sacramento has just passed a law banning what we call Dumpster diving -- getting into other people's trash cans.
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-- Christina, Austin, TexasThe term Dumpster diving derives from the early days of "phone phreaking," where outlaw geeks went through telephone companies 'garbage to get information about their systems.
Ask The Technologist 2007
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The Golden Dumpster is my favorite playground of outmoded finds, the writerly equivalent of Grandma’s closet, or her cupboards, or that cool cedar chest filled with … stuff.
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Beside the Dumpster was a brown metal cube with a gray finger of smoke curling up from it.
Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008
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DAY 3: I watched a freegan "trash tour" (also known as Dumpster diving).
Freegan Ride 2007
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