Meaning

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

    a man employed to collect and dispose of refuse

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom is a garbage man.

    Том — сміттяр.

    ruТом — сборщик мусора.

    deTom ist Müllmann.

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  2. Has the garbage man been by?

    deIst der Müllmann schon vorbeigekommen?

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  3. What day does the garbage man come?

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  4. Tom watched the garbage men take away the garbage.

    deTom sah den Müllmännern dabei zu, wie sie den Müll abholten.

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  5. The term sanitation worker is a euphemism for a garbage man.

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Forms

plural: garbage men

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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