ashman

[ ash-man ]

noun

, plural ash·men.

1. a person who collects and disposes of ashes, garbage, and refuse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ashman¹

First recorded in 1615–25; ash ¹ + man

Example Sentences

The home crowd had things to get their teeth into - Ewan Ashman’s big hit on Eben Etzebeth chief among them.

From BBC

Johnny Matthews' form for Glasgow has given him the nod over Dave Cherry with Ewan Ashman and George Turner the other hookers.

From BBC

With a very kickable penalty, the hosts elected to go instead for the corner and got their reward when Ashman peeled off the back of the lineout maul to blast his way over in the corner.

From BBC

Tries by Ewan Ashman and Ben Vellacott re-gained the lead for the hosts but Zach Mercer's score and Hastings' conversion settled it at 21-20.

From BBC

Berton Ashman Jr., an attorney for Pilot Corp. and Haslam, argued that additional testimony from Haslam is not needed, and that Berkshire is trying to obtain information to which it is not entitled.He pointed to earlier rulings by Zurn that barred Berkshire from asserting certain defenses to Pilot’s claims that Berkshire, which owns 80% of PTC, changed accounting practices in order to lower the price Berkshire would have to pay for the rest of the company.

From Seattle Times