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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 948 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BIN  , a receptacle of various kinds, originally of wicker or See also:

basket See also:work . The word appears in most See also:European See also:languages, cf . M.L. and Ital. benna, Ger . Benne, &c.; etymologists trace the word to a See also:root meaning " to See also:plait." It survives in various connexions, e.g. dust-bin, See also:wine-bin (for holding bottles), See also:hop-bin, See also:coal-bin, See also:corn-bin .

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