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Where good intentions go to decompose next to last Tuesday's ambitions.
means A container for household rubbish — chiefly British for what Americans call a trash can or garbage bin.
from Straightforward compound: 'dust' (originally referring to ash and cinder residue swept out from coal fires and hearths, a major component of household waste before modern trash) plus 'bin' (an old word for a storage container or receptacle, going back to Old English 'binn'). The term solidified in British English as household rubbish collection became organized, and 'dustmen' came round to empty them — hence 'dustman' for the garbage collector and 'dustbin' for what he emptied.
- brit vs american
- brits say dustbin, americans say trash can
- original purpose
- held coal dust and ash, not rubbish
- etymology
- dust plus bin, literally a dust container
- idiom use
- dustbin of history means forgotten failure