garbageman
Americannoun
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garbagemen
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Origin of garbageman
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“The garbageman is the Sisyphus” of our wasteful society, where the “dream of disposability has turned into a nightmare.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Opening on Broadway in 1987, the play ran for more than a year, starring James Earl Jones as her husband, Troy, a bitter garbageman who played Negro League baseball before serving time in prison.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
But then Sayyid, the garbageman in our old neighborhood, reported that Hany was telling a story about how he had helped find the stolen bags.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
Patty Condello, a retired garbageman, yelled as he cut the motor.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
“There are teachers I know who are making half of what the garbageman makes.”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
The tragedy, of course, is that they fall out of love with garbagemen as they grow older: “socialization,” writes the author, draws a line “between decency and dirt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I kind of think about them as the little garbagemen of the forest,” Marek said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
In the course of his investigation, the commissario interviews one of the garbagemen, or spazzini, from whom he gleans a damning piece of evidence.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
They’re left for days or weeks for a time on public rights of way, blocking curb access for garbagemen, emergency vehicles, and pedestrians trying to cross the street.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018
A dismal assignment, I thought: garbagemen to the inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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