dustbin of history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdustbinandhistory
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dustbin
noun[C]
uk/ˈdʌst.bɪn/us/ˈdʌst.bɪn/
a large container for rubbish from a house or other building, usually made of strong plastic or metal and ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofdustbinandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The old-fashioned image of the chiropodist as a trimmer of toenails and a parer of corns has been confined to thedustbinofhistory.
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Our philosophy is getting stronger while socialism disappears in thedustbinofhistory.
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I want those signs confined to thedustbinofhistory.
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I believe that the clause will prove effective and that it will not be confined to thedustbinofhistory.
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It is one of the achievements of this century that it has consigned socialism to thedustbinofhistory.
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As any experienced primary school teacher knows, that former system belongs to the past and has been relegated to thedustbinofhistory.
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There must not be further diminution of their activities, to the point where they could be confined to thedustbinofhistory.
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That is now buried in thedustbinofhistory.
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The sooner this absurd privatisation is swept away into thedustbinofhistory, the better for our nation.
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We must put postcode prescribing into thedustbinofhistoryonce and for all.
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Does he agree that the proposal should be flown into thedustbinofhistoryand parked there?
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In a decade's time this shoddy piece of legislation will be in thedustbinofhistory.
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It must be put in thedustbinofhistory.
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Does he agree that the time has come to ensure that this treaty goes in thedustbinofhistory?
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If the measure goes through tonight, as it undoubtedly will, it will be confining 82 years of state welfare provision to thedustbinofhistory.
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The general election will consign them to thedustbinofhistory.
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The new clause may not end up in thedustbinofhistory, but it will be ineffective and an irritant.
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As any student of politics knows, linking something to a tax is the sure-fire way of condemning it to thedustbinofhistory.
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But the pair of them have been consigned to thedustbinofhistory.
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Fourthly, we should consign monetarism to thedustbinofhistory, where it belongs.
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