dustman
noun
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
dustmen
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pluralof dustman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The following weekend, Robin and I have our first big fire, disposing of all the rubbish that the dustmen have refused to deal with.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2010
After the big day was past, thousands tramped the coronation route, through tattered paper arches and bedraggled festoons, while dustmen recovered tons of paper and empty bottles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has made a complete little gallery of dustmen.
From George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray
The dustmen reminded one of the days of one's childhood when in England; they went round ringing a bell and calling "Dust-ooh!"
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
We are waiting for our poet, he who will sing to us fearlessly of the rude industry of dustmen and the comestible glories of the marketplaces.
From Confessions of a Young Man by George (George Augustus) Moore
