circular file

noun

Etymology

In reference to the wastebasket's cylindrical shape, and the act of throwing things away rather than filing them in cabinets.

Definitions

  1. The trash container

    The trash container; the wastebasket.

    • He was completely underqualified for the job, so I put his resume directly into the circular file.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for circular file. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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