bin man

See also: binman

English

Alternative forms

binman

Noun

bin man (plural bin men)

(British) 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:
  Back then, in an unspecified period between 1950 and 1980, the binmen were stronger, more hardworking and more polite.

Synonyms

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

garbage collector — see garbage collector

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