bin man

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bin man

noun bin men · binman

  1. UK A man with the job of collecting refuse from people's homes and transporting it to a refuse tip for processing. Back then, in an unspecified period between 1950 and 1980, the binmen were stronger, more hardworking and more polite.

    Similar: dustman, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, trashman

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@misc{bin_man_2026,
  title = {bin man},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bin%20man},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}