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Noun: garbageman (garbagemen)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: dustman)
  1. Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
    - garbage man [N. Amer], garbage collector [N. Amer], garbage carter [N. Amer], garbage hauler [N. Amer], refuse collector, dustman [Brit], garbo [Austral, informal], bin man [Brit, informal], binman [Brit, informal], trashman [N. Amer]

Derived forms: garbagemen, garbage men

Type of: hauler [N. Amer], haulier [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Garbageman