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trashman

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

noun

plural

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


Gender

See -man.

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

He didn't know if he could make it until the trashman came back.

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

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