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Circular file

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The trash container; the wastebasket. humorous, idiomatic

    "He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file."

  2. 2
    a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish wordnet

Etymology

In reference to the wastebasket's cylindrical shape, and the act of throwing things away rather than filing them in cabinets.

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