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  • noun US, Canada Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

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Examples

  • You can't think about a trashman without a little funk, and with a theme written by none other than Mr. Quincy Jones, it doesn't get funkier.

    Hulu.com: The Top 10 TV Theme Songs We Listen to on Purpose Hulu.com 2011

  • Every day there are more, and I take all I can find to the trashman each Monday and Thursday.

    A glass garden Beth 2007

  • He is all monster, and any sane society would cull him early, put the nine just behind the ear, and throw him by the pathway for the trashman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He is all monster, and any sane society would cull him early, put the nine just behind the ear, and throw him by the pathway for the trashman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • He is all monster, and any sane society would cull him early, put the nine just behind the ear, and throw him by the pathway for the trashman.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Every day there are more, and I take all I can find to the trashman each Monday and Thursday.

    A glass garden Beth 2007

  • Happy ending, though, and I like it when the trashman gets a happy ending.

    Helix #7 James Killus 2008

  • The central character is a young man hoping to become a great space explorer, meanwhile biding his time as a trashman in space, hoping to join a historically significant and dangerous expedition to Jupiter.

    Manga Before Flowers – “Manga for Adults” (Part Two) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • Happy ending, though, and I like it when the trashman gets a happy ending.

    Archive 2008-01-01 James Killus 2008

  • The project took two years to complete and is based on an original screenplay that revolves around a New York City trashman who tries to avenge the deaths of dancers at his favorite strip club.

    TIME.com: Top Stories Michelle Castillo 2011

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