ashcans
Sub-killers in slang
Ashcans are metal receptacles for ashes and household refuse—what Americans now usually call trash cans or garbage cans.
The term is old-fashioned but persists in certain contexts.
In military slang, ashcan refers to a depth charge, from its cylindrical shape.
The Ashcan School was an early 20th-century American art movement depicting gritty urban life.
Receptacles for refuse
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- binsReceptacles for storage
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- refuseReject or garbage
dumpster · litter · debris · junk · scraps · detritus · discard · collection
Narrow urban passages
- stoopsBends forward, or porches
- tenementsOvercrowded urban dwellings
- sidewalksPaved pedestrian pathways
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
streetlamps · bodegas · manholes · pavement · cityscape · brownstones · backstreets · gutter
Accepting things as they are
- paintersThose who apply pigment
- twentieth-centuryYears 1901-2000
- urbanPertaining to cities
- grittyCoarse or courageous
everyday · tenements · working-class · documentary · American · movement · raw
trashcans
Receptacles for refuse
refuse · dumpster · litter · debris · junk · scraps · detritus · discard · collection · curbside
alleyways
Narrow urban passages
- stoopsBends forward, or porches
- tenementsOvercrowded urban dwellings
- sidewalksPaved pedestrian pathways
graffiti · streetlamps · bodegas · manholes · pavement · cityscape · brownstones · backstreets · gutter · curb
realism
Accepting things as they are
- paintersThose who apply pigment
- twentieth-centuryYears 1901-2000
- urbanPertaining to cities
gritty · everyday · tenements · working-class · documentary · American · movement · raw
- trash binsrubbish bins, wheelie bins, recycling bins, litter bins, dumpsters
ashcanstreasure chests
Containers for stored valuables
safes · jewelry boxes · trophy cases · display cases · vaults
- Ashcan SchoolEarly 1900s American realist movement