- circular file
- ,circular `file noun singular HUMOROUSa way of describing a WASTE BASKET that makes it sound like an important part of the system used for organizing documents in an office
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
circular file
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circular file — n a ↑wastepaper basket used humorously … Dictionary of contemporary English
circular file — n. Informal a wastebasket … English World dictionary
circular file — noun a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish • Syn: ↑wastepaper basket, ↑waste paper basket, ↑wastebasket, ↑waste basket • Hypernyms: ↑container * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
circular file — n. a wastebasket. (See also file thirteen.) □ That letter went straight into the circular file. □ Most of the junk mail sits here until I can put it into the circular file … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
circular file — noun The trash container; the wastebasket. He was completely under qualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file. Syn: round file … Wiktionary
circular file — garbage can or wastebasket, file 13 A lot of memos go in the circular file. They re garbage … English idioms
circular file — American a wastepaper basket Most of them are round; and see file thirteen … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
circular file — cir′cular file′ n. cvb sts a wastebasket • Etymology: 1945–50 … From formal English to slang
circular file — noun Date: 1967 wastebasket … New Collegiate Dictionary
circular file — Facetious. a wastebasket. [1945 50] * * * … Universalium
