ashman

American  

[ash-man] / ˈæʃˌmæn /

noun

• ashmen
  plural

1. a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ashmen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ashman

First recorded in 1615–25; ash ¹ + man

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ashman ashmen

Herbert L. Pye, 61, ashman, fell heir last week to $1,500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ashman was raising a can of ashes above his head to dump the contents into his cart, when the bottom of the can came out.

From Toaster's Handbook Jokes, Stories, and Quotations by Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth)

I had been so thoroughly warmed in body and spirit, that when at length my fuel was housed, I came near selling it to the ashman, as if I had extracted all its heat.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Listening a minute outside the kitchen door she slipped stealthily down the cellar stairs, and tiptoed over to the area door where the ashman took out the ashes.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston

"I may confess that it was with some difficulty I rescued this coat from the ashman, to whom your mother had given it."

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

There are a lot of other ashmen in Portland, don't forget.

From Time Magazine Archive

There must be engineers, with high pay, to watch the engine and to keep it always in order, and firemen to feed the fires, and ashmen to carry away the ashes and cinders.

From Rollo in Holland by Abbott, Jacob