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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 refuse
Familiarity information: GARBAGE MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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...):
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