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garbager

noun

Etymology

From garbage + -er.

  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. formed as garbager — “garbage + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who collects, sorts, or disposes of garbage.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:garbager.

  2. An officer of the British royal kitchen, in charge of poultry carcasses and offal.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:garbager.

The neighborhood

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