The first known citation for the word dustbin is credited to Charles Dickens. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Dustbin and Dickens”
Here’s another term that was either coined or popularized by Charles Dickens.
It surprised me.
The word dustbin.
Dustbin.
I wouldn’t have expected that at all.
I know.
Not at all.
But they can’t find an earlier citation for it.
A dustbin just meaning a place that you put your household refuse, right?
Yeah, your dust.
Your dust.
Interesting.
The dustbin of history.
