file 13

English

Noun

file 13 (uncountable)

  1. (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, 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”.

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