dustcart

British

/ ˈdʌstˌkɑːt /

noun

US and Canadian name: garbage truck. a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuse

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Example Sentences

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The company is expected to do exactly as the city does with its own dozen dustcarts: fly-tip on spare land.

From BBC

After the Lord Mayor's Show... well, let's give the Great Britain men more respect than comparing them to a dustcart.

From The Guardian

"He was frustrated behind a dustcart and the beeping horns and Mr Stoddern's behaviour in the cab."

From BBC

Kloot replied for him: 'Your manuscript shall be returned to you by the first dustcart.'

From Project Gutenberg

The sacred National Assembly Hall itself has become common ground; President's platform permeable to wain and dustcart; for the Rue de Rivoli runs there.

From Project Gutenberg

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