trashman

American  

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

noun

plural

trashmen

1. a person who collects trash for removal in a truck.

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Gender

See -man.

Etymology

Origin of trashman

First recorded in 1950–55; trash + man

Example Sentences

The policeman and the trashman may call me Alice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back and forth the boat went, crossing the river as the trashman made his way south to all his stops.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

But the trashman was eager to drop off his cargo and get back to the lights of the city.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

The trashman turned them down another canal, then another, picking up more baskets of rotting garbage before returning to the wide highway of traffic on the river.

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