ashcan

Meanings

Noun

• A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin.
• A kind of large firecracker.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
• Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.

Origin

• ash + can