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garbage truck

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yet the series allows Lilypad to be a more sympathetic antagonist than the teddy bear it once tied to the grille of a garbage truck in “Toy Story 3.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

He’s never heard of a doctor’s son running behind a garbage truck: “it’s a family business, passed on from father to son and from brother to cousin.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

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

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

“To this day, when it becomes summer and I smell a stinking garbage truck, I think of my childhood,” Horwitz, 31, said.

From New York Times Sep. 13, 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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