garbage man

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garbage man

noun garbage men · garbageman

Australia, Canada, US Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
Similar: bin man, dustman, garbage collector, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, trashman

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@misc{garbage_man_2026,
  title = {garbage man},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garbage%20man},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}