dustman

[duhst-man, -muhn]

noun

British.

plural

dustmen 

1. a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.

dustman

/ ˈdʌstmən /

noun

1. a man whose job is to collect domestic refuse

Word History and Origins

Origin of dustman¹

First recorded in 1700–10; dust + man

Example Sentences

He took a year out to apply to study law, during which he worked as a dustman, on a kibbutz and as a ballpoint pen salesman in South Africa.

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"My daughter has been trying to teach me all of these words like rizz and wasteman which I now understand is not a dustman but rather a waste of space."

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In reality, she is the poor daughter of a dustman who speaks with a thick Cockney accent.

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"They drive on the roads that are maintained by them, the brown cardboard boxes they deliver are collected by dustmen or taken to tips paid for by those business rates."

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Squelch's dad's only a dustman but his garden's like a National Trust property.

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