garbage truck

British

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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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

“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

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 called O’Dell, and a couple of hours later I heard the familiar rumble of the garbage truck pull up to the shop.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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