circular file

A jocular term for a trashcan or waste basket, i.e., a receptacle for unwanted files. You have to make your application really stand out if you don't want it to end up in the employer's circular file.

circular file

and round file

n. a wastebasket. (see also file thirteen.) Most of the junk mail sits here until I can put it into the circular file. Oh, that letter? It went straight to the round file.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Audubon	['ɔ:dəbən]
Yaffe	-	Hebrew
Wilfred	WIL-frəd	English
Branson	BRAN-sən	English (Modern)
Dimitrij	-	Slovene, Macedonian
Renaud	-	French