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ˈwastemaster
Also Wastemaster.
[f. waste n. 11 + master n.1]
The name of a type of waste disposal unit. (In quot. 1963 a similar imaginary or futuristic device.)
A proprietary name in the U.S.
1946Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 5 Nov. 15/1 Wastemaster; Lockley Machine Co. For electrically driven garbage grinders... Claims use since June 14, 1945. 1949House Beautiful Feb. 85 Choose from these disposers... Wastemaster—Lockley Machine Co. 1963Punch 16 Oct. 569/1 The wastemasters were able to come into their own and people began buying—..for scrap. 1966New Statesman 13 May 710/4 (Advt.), Mais... 2 beds, k. & b., waste-master. 1973A. Holden Girl on Beach 12, I suppose you've got a washing-machine and a clothes-drier and a wastemaster and a pop-up toaster. 1981I. A. Gordon in N.Z. Listener 27 June 86 You know all about dishmasters and maybe even wastemasters. |