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garbage truck

British

noun

Also called (in Britain): dustcart. a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuse

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A garbage truck came and emptied the contents and drove off.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Kiker earned his nickname because he sang while working his day job, hanging off the back of a garbage truck in Mobile, Ala.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Kevin Shelley, who drives a garbage truck, told his boss he had to run.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

He told BBC News he had driven a block when his taxi "got blocked by a garbage truck and all of sudden paparazzi came and started taking pictures".

From BBC • May 17, 2023

I drove around to the back and parked the minivan next to a rusted Dumpster that hadn’t encountered a garbage truck in decades.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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