garbage man

gar·bage·man

[gahr-bij-man]
noun, plural gar·bage·men.
a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage; sanitation worker.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; garbage + man1

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garbage man

noun
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse 
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garbageman

noun
someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse [syn: garbage man
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