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Definition of Garbage man

1. Noun. Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse.

Definition of Garbage man

1. Noun. (US Canada) Someone, usually male, whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garbage Man

Literary usage of Garbage man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vignettes of San Francisco by Almira Bailey (1921)
"Suppose that you can't think of anyone just now who is a daughter to a garbage man, it is best to read this just the same for you never know when you may ..."

2. Vocational Arithmetic: With Lessons in Spelling, Letter Writing and Business by Harry Dunham Vincent (1914)
"Who pays the garbage man? What is junk? Mr. T. Hodge took the contract for a ... In addition to that, the garbage man received $1 a week extra from each of ..."

3. Vocational Arithmetic: With Lessons in Spelling, Letter Writing and Business by Harry Dunham Vincent (1914)
"Who pays the garbage man? What is junk? Mr. T. Hodge took the contract for a ... In addition to that, the garbage man received $1 a week extra from each of ..."

4. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"But later on in my run, while still thinking about these things, I notice a man and woman in a better looking car than the garbage man's old station wagon. ..."

5. Report on Housing and Living Conditions in the Neglected Sections of by Gustavus Adolphus Weber (1913)
"The garbage man comes around about once every, four weeks." "The fence is all broken up and rather dangerous for the two little children when playing. ..."

6. Dad's Letters on a World Journey by Bert Wilson (1921)
"The bai will not do the sweeping, and the horseman will not do the garbage man's nor the sweeper's work. Bertha looks after the hospital and dispensary ..."

7. Vignettes of San Francisco by Almira Bailey (1921)
"Suppose that you can't think of anyone just now who is a daughter to a garbage man, it is best to read this just the same for you never know when you may ..."

8. Vocational Arithmetic: With Lessons in Spelling, Letter Writing and Business by Harry Dunham Vincent (1914)
"Who pays the garbage man? What is junk? Mr. T. Hodge took the contract for a ... In addition to that, the garbage man received $1 a week extra from each of ..."

9. Vocational Arithmetic: With Lessons in Spelling, Letter Writing and Business by Harry Dunham Vincent (1914)
"Who pays the garbage man? What is junk? Mr. T. Hodge took the contract for a ... In addition to that, the garbage man received $1 a week extra from each of ..."

10. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"But later on in my run, while still thinking about these things, I notice a man and woman in a better looking car than the garbage man's old station wagon. ..."

11. Report on Housing and Living Conditions in the Neglected Sections of by Gustavus Adolphus Weber (1913)
"The garbage man comes around about once every, four weeks." "The fence is all broken up and rather dangerous for the two little children when playing. ..."

12. Dad's Letters on a World Journey by Bert Wilson (1921)
"The bai will not do the sweeping, and the horseman will not do the garbage man's nor the sweeper's work. Bertha looks after the hospital and dispensary ..."

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