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dust cart

dust cart is the alternative form of dustcart.

Meaning of dustcart

Noun

dustcart (plural dustcarts)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A vehicle for collecting refuse.
    • There were other disputes in Scotland, indeed in Glasgow, some affecting local authority services, and from the second day of coverage of the dustcart strike, reporting often linked them in bulletins; […]2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page 246
    Synonyms:
    garbage truck, waste truck, refuse truck

Forms of dust cart

pluraldust carts

Questions about dust cart

What is dust cart the alternative form of?
Dust cart is the alternative form of dustcart.

Words near dust cart in the dictionary

  1. dust bunny
  2. dust buster
  3. dust busters
  4. dust cap
  5. dust caps
  6. dust cart
  7. dust carts
  8. dust cloth
  9. dust cloths
  10. dust contractor
  11. dust contractors

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