Example Sentences

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Mr. Paré-Poupart tells us that garbagemen are “born, and only rarely made.”

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

Where else do cabbies and garbagemen, bankers and businessmen all walk with a beat?

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes