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garbageman

noun

Etymology

From garbage + -man.

  1. derived from *garwijan✻ — “to make ready”
  2. derived from garber — “to refine, make neat or clean”
  3. inherited from garbage — “the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”, originally “refuse, what is purged away”
  4. suffixed as garbageman — “garbage + man”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of garbage man.

    • That immemorial stench has been mostly a bad memory for the last two years, though, thanks to Sidney D. Torres IV, a stylish garbageman whose vigorous sweeping and spraying broke the unloved tradition, astonishing citizens here.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA