dustman
a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.
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How to use dustman in a sentence
But when the parish dustman came,His rubbish to withdraw, He found more dust within the heapThan he contracted for!
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousBella parted from her father, and returned to the Boffins, to find fresh proofs of the deterioration of the Golden dustman.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.And again in the morning, she looked for the cloud, and for the deepening of the cloud, upon the Golden dustman's face.
Our Mutual Friend | Charles DickensThe Golden dustman seemed about to pursue these questions, when a stumping noise was heard outside, coming towards the door.
Our Mutual Friend | Charles DickensBut, one morning long afterwards to be remembered, it was black midnight with the Golden dustman when he first appeared.
Our Mutual Friend | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for dustman
/ (ˈdʌstmən) /
British a man whose job is to collect domestic refuse
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