Definitions
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- noun Alternative form of
garbage man .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse
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Examples
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Today's Hi And Lois blew my mind, because I always thought Thirsty and the garbageman were the same person.
Blogtimore, Hon 2009
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And I even called my sanitation retrieval specialist a "garbageman" last week.
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And I even called my sanitation retrieval specialist a "garbageman" last week.
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And I even called my sanitation retrieval specialist a "garbageman" last week.
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And I even called my sanitation retrieval specialist a "garbageman" last week.
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"My dad raised me to believe that the garbageman was the equal of the physician.
Chicago Reader 2010
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After all, who deserves more applause, an unknown garbageman or a Hollywood actor?
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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So, now, after figuring this out, we dutifully get up at 6: 00AM and wait for the garbage truck so we can hand the garbageman his plastic bag of filth and guess what we discovered.
Southern Justice 2009
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"These were some of the worst smells I've ever experienced," a veteran garbageman told the New York Post.
Are Tent Cities Free Speech? L. Gordon Crovitz 2011
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So, now, after figuring this out, we dutifully get up at 6: 00AM and wait for the garbage truck so we can hand the garbageman his plastic bag of filth and guess what we discovered.
Southern Justice 2009
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