dustman
nounEtymology From dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.
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UK A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
- Oh, my old man's a dustman He wears a dustman’s hat He wears cor-blimey trousers And he lives in a council flat.1960, Lonnie Donegan, My Old Man's A Dustman:
- Synonyms
- bin man, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, trashman
- Coordinate terms
- dustwoman