trashman

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trashman

noun trashmen · trash man

  1. Canada, US A worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal. Trashmen didn't get my trash today / Oh, why? Because they want more pay / Buses on strike want a raise in fare / So they can help pollute the air

    Similar: bin man, dustman, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, see Thesaurus:garbage collector

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@misc{trashman_2026,
  title = {trashman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trashman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}