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trashman

American  
[trash-man, -muhn] / ˈtræʃˌmæn, -mən /

noun

  • trashmen
    plural
  1. a person who collects trash for removal in a truck.


Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of trashman

First recorded in 1950–55; trash + man

Example Sentences

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The policeman and the trashman may call me Alice.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trashman kicked up his orb motor and they were off again, downriver.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The baskets didn't do much to hide the smell, but luckily the trashman would come in his boat that same evening to dump them downriver.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The trashman shoved the boat away from the dock with his bare foot and they were off, down the river.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The trashman used his oar to turn the boat down a canal that led away from the main flow of the river.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The reason: instead of wasting paper by heaving it all into one basket, GSA trashmen now sort the scrap into eight piles graded according to recovery value.

From Time Magazine Archive

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