garbageman

noun

gar·​bage·​man ˈgär-bij-ˌman How to pronounce garbageman (audio)
: one who collects and hauls away garbage

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Noah would wait every week to see his friend, the garbageman. — Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 4 May 2025 Possums, nature’s garbagemen, would stop by each night to see if there were any overly ripe bananas or fruit. — Courtenay Rudzinski, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2025 My fellow garbagemen and I scrub clean the stains of our consumer society. — Pablo Strauss, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Tom Pelphrey costars as Robbie, the desperate garbageman behind the robberies. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for garbageman

Word History

Etymology

garbage + man entry 1

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of garbageman was in 1855

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“Garbageman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbageman. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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garbageman

noun
gar·​bage·​man ˈgär-bij-ˌman How to pronounce garbageman (audio)
: a person who collects and hauls away garbage
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