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garbage-collector

noun

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of garbage collector.

    • The initials of a writer’s real name form an initialism, and a sarcastic signature is an ironym. ‘Patiently Awaiting’ signed to a complaint against the garbage-collectors is an ironym.
    • She had no sooner done so than she was woken by an uproar in the street – a familiar racket which happened every day at this time. Zennoub recognised the noise of the garbage-collectors and the roar of their truck.

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No curated loop yet for garbage-collector. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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