ashman

American  

[ash-man] / ˈæʃˌmæn /

noun

plural

ashmen

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

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Etymology

Origin of ashman

First recorded in 1615–25; ash ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Herbert L. Pye, 61, ashman, fell heir last week to $1,500,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Listening a minute outside the kitchen door she slipped stealthily down the cellar stairs, and tiptoed over to the area door where the ashman took out the ashes.

From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston

R., who comes from Virginia, could not be made to abandon a narrow-minded point of view about H.'s conception of his relation to the ashman.

From Seeing Things at Night by Broun, Heywood

"I may confess that it was with some difficulty I rescued this coat from the ashman, to whom your mother had given it."

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

A baby may find and swallow it; the ashman sever an artery; dropping it overboard at sea is impracticable, to say nothing of the danger to some innocent fish.

From The Perfect Gentleman by Bergengren, Ralph