dustman

[ duhst-man, -muhn ]

noun,plural dust·men [duhst-men, -muhn]. /ˈdʌstˌmɛn, -mən/. British.
  1. a person employed to remove or cart away garbage, refuse, ashes, etc.; garbage collector.

Origin of dustman

1
First recorded in 1700–10; dust + man

Words Nearby dustman

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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!

  • Bella parted from her father, and returned to the Boffins, to find fresh proofs of the deterioration of the Golden dustman.

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  • 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 Dickens
  • The Golden dustman seemed about to pursue these questions, when a stumping noise was heard outside, coming towards the door.

    Our Mutual Friend | Charles Dickens
  • But, 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

dustman

/ (ˈdʌstmən) /


nounplural -men
  1. British a man whose job is to collect domestic refuse

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