waste papern.

Brit.

/ˌweɪs(t) ˈpeɪpə/, U.S.

/ˈweɪs(t) ˌpeɪpər/

1. Paper cast aside as spoiled, superfluous, or useless for its original purpose. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste-paper

waste paper1585

scrap paper1885

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 6/2 Segestria,..waste paper, or other stuffe, wherein occupiers wrap their seuerall wares.

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Bii [They] pretending forsooth to anatomize abuses,..when as there waste paper beeing wel viewed, seemes fraught with nought els saue dogge daies effects.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs To Wm. Couell sig. A2 This Poem..so long keeping the corner of my studie, wherein I vse to put waste paper.

1682 J. Dryden Medall Epist. Whigs sig. A4^v That so much skill in Hebrew Derivations, may not lie for Wast-paper in the Shop.

1730 J. Swift Drapier's Hill 17 His famous Letters [are] made waste paper.

1772 Hartford Mercury 18 Sept. A draft..being laid in the office, as waste-paper, the prisoner Rogers..altered the date, and..carried it to Sir Robert's as a new draft.

1840 N. Amer. Rev. 50 317 It was then..he [Botta] sold to an apothecary, at the price of waste paper, the last six hundred copies of his ‘History of the American War’.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth III. iv. 131 Will you allow me to send you over my Times? I have generally done with it before twelve o'clock, and after that it is really waste-paper in my house.

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 361 The conventions of 1858 and 1862..would thus have been almost rendered mere waste paper.

1905 R. Bagot Passport ii. 8 The securities which Monsignor Lelli held..proved to be little better than waste paper.

†2. Blank or unused paper. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank or unused paper

waste paper1691

clean sheet1752

1691 London Gaz. No. 2662/4 Lost.., an Affidavit with the Copy thereof, and several Accompts and Memorandums writ in the Wast-Paper thereof.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

waste-paper price n.

ΚΠ

1859 B. Disraeli in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (new ed.) I. 11 His noble library was scattered at waste-paper prices.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 4 Half the lump will be waste-paper... Can you get it at waste-paper price? That's the question.

waste-paper trade n.

ΚΠ

1869 W. C. Sandars tr. Uhland Poems Biog. Mem. 12 The larger portion of the two first editions was eventually disposed of to the waste-paper trade.

C2.

waste-paper basket n. a basket into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse

vat1534

voider1613

waste-paper box1836

dustbin1847

kid1847

waste-basket1850

scrap-box1858

waste-paper basket1859

garbage can1869

can1872

hell1872

scrap basket1872

sink tidy1881

tidy-betty1884

kitchen tidy1885

midden1890

wagger1903

W.P.B.1903

waste-bin1915

Sanibin1921

binette1922

G.I. can1929

trash can1929

trashbag1934

litter-bin1947

shitcan1948

pedal bin1951

trash-bin1955

litter-basket1958

midgie1965

bin1972

swing bin1972

tidy bin1972

dump bin1978

wheelie bin1984

binbag1986

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xlviii. 190 There was the waste-paper basket full of scraps.

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. x. 84 The almanack..was..angrily torn to shreds, and consigned to the waste-paper basket.

1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vi. 217 The waste-paper basket of outworn imaginations.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 120 All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed waste-paper baskets Unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.

1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 23/2 Marriage, the Webbs agreed, was the waste-paper basket of the emotions.

† waste-paper box n. Obsolete a box into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse

vat1534

voider1613

waste-paper box1836

dustbin1847

kid1847

waste-basket1850

scrap-box1858

waste-paper basket1859

garbage can1869

can1872

hell1872

scrap basket1872

sink tidy1881

tidy-betty1884

kitchen tidy1885

midden1890

wagger1903

W.P.B.1903

waste-bin1915

Sanibin1921

binette1922

G.I. can1929

trash can1929

trashbag1934

litter-bin1947

shitcan1948

pedal bin1951

trash-bin1955

litter-basket1958

midgie1965

bin1972

swing bin1972

tidy bin1972

dump bin1978

wheelie bin1984

binbag1986

1836 F. Mahony in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 642 In its October number, just received, and now lying in our waste-paper box.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

d. to waste words, to waste breath, †to waste wind: to speak to no purpose; †also reflexive in the same sense. Similarly to waste paper, to waste space (i.e. in writing).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain

to waste breathc1540

to waste (one's) breath1572

to talk to a brick wall1873

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > speak in vain [verb (reflexive)]

to waste wordsa1647

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > write in vain

to waste space1709

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9788 But all þaire wordis þai wast, & þaire wynd alse.

1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 211 Of þis mater I do bot waistis wind.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv ^v Meaning no more at this time to build Castles in the aire, nor wast my wordes to a deafe man.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 74 You but waste your words .

a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. i. 91 That I may not heereafter wast my sealfe in tedyous repetitions.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. iii. 35 In weak complaints you vainly wast your breath.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §137. 161 As for the Idea of Motion in Abstract, I shall not waste Paper about it.

1812 P. B. Shelley Addr. in Prose Wks. (1888) I. 226 A great many words were wasted, and a great deal of blood shed.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 214 Without wasting any more time and space, I will proceed to describe the drawings.

1905 R. Bagot Passport xxxv. 405 We need not waste words in coming to our point.

单词	waste paper
释义	waste papern. Brit. /ˌweɪs(t) ˈpeɪpə/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t) ˌpeɪpər/ 1. Paper cast aside as spoiled, superfluous, or useless for its original purpose. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > waste-paper waste paper1585 scrap paper1885 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 6/2 Segestria,..waste paper, or other stuffe, wherein occupiers wrap their seuerall wares. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Bii [They] pretending forsooth to anatomize abuses,..when as there waste paper beeing wel viewed, seemes fraught with nought els saue dogge daies effects. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs To Wm. Couell sig. A2 This Poem..so long keeping the corner of my studie, wherein I vse to put waste paper. 1682 J. Dryden Medall Epist. Whigs sig. A4^v That so much skill in Hebrew Derivations, may not lie for Wast-paper in the Shop. 1730 J. Swift Drapier's Hill 17 His famous Letters [are] made waste paper. 1772 Hartford Mercury 18 Sept. A draft..being laid in the office, as waste-paper, the prisoner Rogers..altered the date, and..carried it to Sir Robert's as a new draft. 1840 N. Amer. Rev. 50 317 It was then..he [Botta] sold to an apothecary, at the price of waste paper, the last six hundred copies of his ‘History of the American War’. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth III. iv. 131 Will you allow me to send you over my Times? I have generally done with it before twelve o'clock, and after that it is really waste-paper in my house. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 361 The conventions of 1858 and 1862..would thus have been almost rendered mere waste paper. 1905 R. Bagot Passport ii. 8 The securities which Monsignor Lelli held..proved to be little better than waste paper. †2. Blank or unused paper. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > blank or unused paper waste paper1691 clean sheet1752 1691 London Gaz. No. 2662/4 Lost.., an Affidavit with the Copy thereof, and several Accompts and Memorandums writ in the Wast-Paper thereof. Compounds C1. General attributive. waste-paper price n. ΚΠ 1859 B. Disraeli in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (new ed.) I. 11 His noble library was scattered at waste-paper prices. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 4 Half the lump will be waste-paper... Can you get it at waste-paper price? That's the question. waste-paper trade n. ΚΠ 1869 W. C. Sandars tr. Uhland Poems Biog. Mem. 12 The larger portion of the two first editions was eventually disposed of to the waste-paper trade. C2. waste-paper basket n. a basket into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xlviii. 190 There was the waste-paper basket full of scraps. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. x. 84 The almanack..was..angrily torn to shreds, and consigned to the waste-paper basket. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vi. 217 The waste-paper basket of outworn imaginations. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 120 All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed waste-paper baskets Unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. 1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 23/2 Marriage, the Webbs agreed, was the waste-paper basket of the emotions. † waste-paper box n. Obsolete a box into which waste paper is thrown; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1836 F. Mahony in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 642 In its October number, just received, and now lying in our waste-paper box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas to waste paper d. to waste words, to waste breath, †to waste wind: to speak to no purpose; †also reflexive in the same sense. Similarly to waste paper, to waste space (i.e. in writing). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > speak in vain to waste breathc1540 to waste (one's) breath1572 to talk to a brick wall1873 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > speak in vain [verb (reflexive)] to waste wordsa1647 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > be of no avail [verb (intransitive)] > expend effort in vain > write in vain to waste space1709 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9788 But all þaire wordis þai wast, & þaire wynd alse. 1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 211 Of þis mater I do bot waistis wind. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv ^v Meaning no more at this time to build Castles in the aire, nor wast my wordes to a deafe man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 74 You but waste your words . View more context for this quotation a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1895) I. i. 91 That I may not heereafter wast my sealfe in tedyous repetitions. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. iii. 35 In weak complaints you vainly wast your breath. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §137. 161 As for the Idea of Motion in Abstract, I shall not waste Paper about it. 1812 P. B. Shelley Addr. in Prose Wks. (1888) I. 226 A great many words were wasted, and a great deal of blood shed. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 214 Without wasting any more time and space, I will proceed to describe the drawings. 1905 R. Bagot Passport xxxv. 405 We need not waste words in coming to our point. extracted from wastev. < n.1585 as lemmas
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waste papern.

Compounds

> as lemmas