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GARBAGE MAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garbage man mean? 

GARBAGE MAN (noun)
  The noun GARBAGE MAN has 1 sense:

1. someone employed to collect and dispose of refuseplay

  Familiarity information: GARBAGE MAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GARBAGE MAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dustman; garbage carter; garbage collector; garbage hauler; garbage man; garbageman; refuse collector

Hypernyms ("garbage man" is a kind of...):

hauler; haulier (a haulage contractor)


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