wheelie bin

noun

British
: a large container with wheels that is used for holding trash

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After that, my memories of the day were listening to the group of people next to us with faux-posh accents, a half-time pie, and Haydon the Womble posing on a wheelie bin a la Kate Winslet in Titanic. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026 The garbagemen had not taken away the wheelie bin stuffed with recyclables. Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Wheelie bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheelie%20bin. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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