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noun British.

a garbage truck.

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Origin of dust cart

First recorded in 1770–80

Words nearby dust cart

dust-bathe, dustbin, Dust Bowl, dust bowler, dust bunny, dust cart, dust catcher, dustcloth, dust coat, dust counter, dust cover

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How to use dust cart in a sentence

The body was thrown into a dust-cart and taken to Versailles, where the fine ladies gathered to enjoy the spectacle.
History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
The streets were empty and very quiet—only the slow rattle of the dust-cart and the measured step of policemen changing beats.
The Christian|Hall Caine
And as it did this I noticed that a dust-cart was just in front of us.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, September 29, 1894|Various
He was chief of the municipal officers, dust-cart, water-supply, electric light and so on.
Poor Folk in Spain|Jan Gordon

An English dust-cart is a piece of finery, a chef d'auvre of mechanism, compared with them and the horses!
Biographia Literaria|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British Dictionary definitions for dust cart

dustcart

/ (ˈdʌstˌkɑːt) /

noun

a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuseUS and Canadian name: garbage truck

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