dustman
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
Origin of dustman
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How to use dustman in a sentence
Two dustmen were lately disputing the difference between bishop and negus.
The dustmen, it will be seen, repudiate the scavengers, and appeal to Saint Stephen on a separate interest.
The Book of Christmas | Thomas K. HerveyTo me they are exactly like the lids of those galvanised dustbins you see put out in streets for the dustmen at home.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. MittonStimulated and startled by the terrible power which lay in their hands, the dustmen went home.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson NexoLet us bring the dustmen and the street-cleaners into the line of fire!
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
British Dictionary definitions for dustman
/ (ˈdʌstmən) /
British a man whose job is to collect domestic refuse
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