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garbageman

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See also: garbage man

English

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Etymology

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From garbage +‎ -man.

Noun

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garbageman (plural garbagemen)

  1. Alternative form of garbage man
    • 2009 January 31, Adam Nossiter, “The Smell of Success in the Quarter May Change”, in New York Times[1]:
      That immemorial stench has been mostly a bad memory for the last two years, though, thanks to Sidney D. Torres IV, a stylish garbageman whose vigorous sweeping and spraying broke the unloved tradition, astonishing citizens here.