garbageman
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In his 20 years as a garbageman in Montreal, Mr. Paré-Poupart, now 41, has hauled some 70,000 tons of trash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Sylvester Stallone plays Joe Smith, a garbageman in Granite City, a blighted, crime-ridden metropolis still reeling from the loss of its champion, Samaritan, in a battle to the death with his villainous brother, Nemesis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
Opening on Broadway in 1987, the play ran for more than a year, starring James Earl Jones as her husband, Troy, a bitter garbageman who played Negro League baseball before serving time in prison.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
I telephoned Sayyid, a friend who was the neighborhood garbageman, because he had been at the apartment.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
“When I found out I couldn’t be a garbageman, I settled for being a movie star, but it was definitely second-best.”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
You won’t find too many garbagemen who age well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“I kind of think about them as the little garbagemen of the forest,” Marek said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
In the course of his investigation, the commissario interviews one of the garbagemen, or spazzini, from whom he gleans a damning piece of evidence.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2021
They’re left for days or weeks for a time on public rights of way, blocking curb access for garbagemen, emergency vehicles, and pedestrians trying to cross the street.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018
A dismal assignment, I thought: garbagemen to the inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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