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dustman

dust′man

(dŭst′măn)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
dustmen
(dŭst′mĕn)
.
One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse; a garbage man.
Gay.

Definition 2024


dustman

dustman

English

Noun

dustman (plural dustmen)

  1. (Britain) Someone whose job it is 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 - Lonnie Donegan, My Old Man's A Dustman

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