wheelie bin

Definition

An outdoor rubbish bin on wheels for easier movability.

Etymology

From wheelie, presumably as a variant of wheely (“wheeled”) + -ie, and bin.

Example Sentences

• "Instead we switched from dustbins to wheelie bins which required equally significant investment in new bins and refuse vehicles. However because the wheelie bins were larger and easier to collect they actually increased the volume of unsegregated waste."
• "You see the occasional frustrated libidinous lunatics walking along Johnson Street kickboxing at the wheelie bins and spreading the contents all over the road."
• "It collects waste materials, including paper, glass, plastics and metals, in the blue-topped recycling wheelie bins from more than two million households each week."