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garbage truck

British  

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain): dustcart.  a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He’s never heard of a doctor’s son running behind a garbage truck: “it’s a family business, passed on from father to son and from brother to cousin.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

A garbage truck came and emptied the contents and drove off.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

Harris also mocked a recent stunt by her election opponent Trump, in which he appeared to struggle to open the door to a garbage truck.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2024

Tapping into his inner Tom Cruise, Gosling makes love to the camera and performs some of his own showstopping moves, at one point while atop and almost under a speeding garbage truck.

From New York Times May 2, 2024

Except for a garbage truck, the streets were empty.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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