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dust cart
noun
, British.
- a garbage truck.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dust cart1
First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences
The body was thrown into a dust-cart and taken to Versailles, where the fine ladies gathered to enjoy the spectacle.
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The streets were empty and very quiet—only the slow rattle of the dust-cart and the measured step of policemen changing beats.
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And as it did this I noticed that a dust-cart was just in front of us.
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He was chief of the municipal officers, dust-cart, water-supply, electric light and so on.
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An English dust-cart is a piece of finery, a chef d'auvre of mechanism, compared with them and the horses!
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