bin man
See also: binman
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
- (UK) A man with the job of collecting refuse from people's homes and transporting it to a refuse tip for processing.
- 2022 November 15, Dan Hancox, “‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Back then, in an unspecified period between 1950 and 1980, the binmen were stronger, more hardworking and more polite.
Synonyms edit
- dustman (UK)
- garbage collector (US, Canada)
- garbage man (US, Canada)
- garbo (Australia)
- refuse collector (UK)
- sanitation engineer (US, Canada)
- trashman (US, Canada)
- See Thesaurus:garbage collector
Translations edit
garbage collector — see garbage collector