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Noun: garbageman (garbagemen)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: dustman)
  1. A man employed to collect and dispose of refuse
    "The garbageman arrived early in the morning to collect the neighborhood's trash";
    - garbage man [N. Amer], dustman [Brit], trashman [N. Amer], binman [Brit]

Derived forms: garbagemen, garbage men

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: Garbageman