trashman
Americannoun
plural
trashmenGender
See -man.
Etymology
Origin of trashman
Example Sentences
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The policeman and the trashman may call me Alice.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trashman also got very quiet as he pulled alongside one of the docks.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
According to law, the trashman had to dump his baskets outside the city limits, where the river made a wide bend.
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
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
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