单词 | street-orderly bin |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet-orderly bin street-orderly bin n. now disused an iron box erected at the side of a street to take refuse. ΚΠ 1874 Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, Iowa) 20 Aug. 1/3 He knew the difference between the two kinds of pillar-boxes: one for letters, and one—called a ‘street orderly bin’—for all manner of dirt and refuse in Fleet St. 1949 L. B. Escritt Munic. Engineer iii. 78 Some local authorities employ street inspectors or district inspectors... It is their duty to supervise the erection of letter-boxes, telephone boxes, street orderly bins, fire alarms, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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