file 13
English edit
Noun edit
- (US, military slang, dated) A trash can, wastepaper basket. [from 1940s]
- Just put it in file 13. It doesn't warrant a response.
- 1957, Cy Linder, “Piston Poppin’”, in American Motorcycling[1], page 34:
- If not, it’s not going to be of value to you or anyone else to put it in print after the event has taken place. Therefore it will be filed in file 13, and just in case you’re not familiar with this file, the army calls it the “waste-basket”.
Synonyms edit
- circular file, round file
- See also Thesaurus:waste bin