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noun
A worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Synonyms: bin man, dustman, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, see Thesaurus:garbage collector
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English trash Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English trashman From trash + -man.
