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There’s vintage clothing like leather jackets, cream knits, and pleated skirts; ceramics that include an extensive collection of midcentury ashtrays; as well as slow-batch beauty and stereo parts.
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
There are groups of friends around me, chatting away, and the person a few stools down from me is lighting a cigarette, discarding the ashes into a very chic ashtray.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Still, refinement was not wanting; a novel sliding roof opened the entire top of the car, whose interior featured opulent fabric upholstery and Lalique ashtrays.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Bud & Rita dispensaries are featuring a variety of special events this week, including psychics, caricature artists, glassblowing and ashtray painting.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025
There are groups of friends around me, chatting away, and the person a few stools down from me is lighting a cigarette, discarding the ashes into a very chic ashtray.
—Rachel Dube, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Still, refinement was not wanting; a novel sliding roof opened the entire top of the car, whose interior featured opulent fabric upholstery and Lalique ashtrays.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2025
Bud & Rita dispensaries are featuring a variety of special events this week, including psychics, caricature artists, glassblowing and ashtray painting.
—Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 20 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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