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Definition of Dustman
1. Noun. Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse.
Generic synonyms: Hauler, Haulier
Definition of Dustman
1. p. One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse.
Definition of Dustman
1. Noun. (British) Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dustman
1. a trashman [n DUSTMEN] - See also: trashman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dustman
Literary usage of Dustman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"THE GOLDEN dustman AT HIS WORST. THE breakfast table at Mr. ... the face and the
demeanour of the Golden dustman were generally unclouded at that meal. ..."
2. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"THE LITERARY dustman. SOME folks may talk of sense, egad ! Vot holds a lofty
station ; But, tho' a dustman, I have had A liberal ..."
3. Modern Street Ballads by John Ashton (1888)
"THE LITERARY dustman. SOME folks may talk of sense, egad ! Vot holds a lofty
station ; But, tho' a dustman, I have had A liberal ..."
4. The Gordon Readers by Emma K. Gordon, Marietta Stockard (1918)
"THE dustman When the shades of night are falling, and the sun goes down, Oh!
the dustman conies a-creeping in from Shut- eye Town. ..."
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