dust cart
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noun British.
a garbage truck.
Origin of dust cart
First recorded in 1770–80
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And as it did this I noticed that a dust-cart was just in front of us.
Then you'd better drive down to the Riviera with your dust-cart, my good man.
Ditte: Girl Alive!Martin Andersen Nexo
A thick gray rain was 37falling, and a dust-cart was in sight.
The Judgment of EveMay Sinclair
Alike the scavenger's broom and the dust-cart appear to be unknown.
East of ParisMatilda Betham-Edwards
Why, that is the fifth dust-cart that has emptied its contents here this afternoon.