garbage truck

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noun

US and Canadian a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuseAlso called (in Britain): (dated) dustcart

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Words nearby garbage truck

garbage, garbage can, garbage collection, garbage in, garbage out, garbageman, garbage truck, garbanzo, garble, garbled, Garbo, garboard

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How to use garbage truck in a sentence

Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.
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“Angry Birds is a small fun game plus a lot of pointless garbage,” Smith tells me.
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“When Tanveer realized what was happening, he jumped out of the truck, but the Iranians shot him,” Abdullah says.
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Each well requires 1,500—2,000 truck trips over the lifetime of the well.
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“At worst, Eric picked up a garbage can, was told by police to put it down, and did,” his lawyer, Martin Stoler, insisted.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It wur Tom Wurmsee led me; I wuz gwine ter move his truck fur him this arternoon.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
As long as an emergency truck could squeeze through at moderate speed, that was enough.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
Dis whole job is a pipe, wit' us havin' a Monitor gun to open dat armored truck.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He saw that the back door of the armored truck was opening and another guard was getting out.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He put all his doctor truck into his gasoline wagon last night and choo-chooed outen town.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates