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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Dumpster™
Dump·ster™ BrE [ˈdʌmpstə(r)] NAmE [ˈdʌmpstər] (NAmE) (BrE skip) noun
a large open container for putting old bricks, rubbish/garbage, etc. in. The Dumpster is then loaded on a lorry/truck and taken away.
See also: ↑skip
Word Origin:
[Dumpster] 1930s: originally Dempster Dumpster, proprietary name (based on ↑dump) given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Culture:
Dumpster diving is taking things, including food, from these containers, often as a way of protesting about excess and waste in modern society.
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