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Two cigarette butts from an ashtray that had spilled onto the floor.
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Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025
From ashtrays, to rolling sets, to cute accoutrement, there are so many ways to style your sesh.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Weisman had landed on the floor and was flat on his back amid an upturned ashtray, a cast-off tablecloth and a clutter of broken crystal.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
The railings had ashtrays built in every 20 feet, out of an idea that walking and talking and smoking were good for idea formation.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2025
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Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025
From ashtrays, to rolling sets, to cute accoutrement, there are so many ways to style your sesh.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Weisman had landed on the floor and was flat on his back amid an upturned ashtray, a cast-off tablecloth and a clutter of broken crystal.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
The railings had ashtrays built in every 20 feet, out of an idea that walking and talking and smoking were good for idea formation.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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ashtray
noun
ash·tray
ˈash-ˌtrā 
: a container for tobacco ashes and for cigar and cigarette butts
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