Noun: binman (binmen)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: trashman)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: trashman)
- A man employed to collect and dispose of refuse
"The binman arrived early in the morning to collect the neighbourhood's trash";
- garbage man [N. Amer], garbageman [N. Amer], dustman [Brit], trashman [N. Amer]
Derived forms: binmen
Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], garbage carter [N. Amer], garbage collector [N. Amer], garbage hauler [N. Amer], garbo [Austral, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], man, refuse collector, sod [informal]
Encyclopedia: Binman