dustman
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See also: Dustman
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
dustman (plural dustmen)
- (British) A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
- 1960, Lonnie Donegan, My Old Man's A Dustman:
- Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman’s hat
He wears cor-blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat.
Synonyms[edit]
- bin man (UK)
- garbage collector (US, Canada)
- garbage man (US, Canada)
- garbo (Australia)
- refuse collector (UK)
- sanitation engineer (US, Canada)
- trashman (US, Canada)
- See Thesaurus:garbage collector
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (gender): dustwoman f
Translations[edit]
garbage collector — see garbage collector