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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dumpster/ˈdʌm(p)stə/

▶noun N. Amer. trademark a rubbish skip.

– origin 1930s: orig. Dempster Dumpster, proprietary name (based on dump) given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers.

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