dustman
dustman noun: a person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
Noun
dustman (plural dustmen)
- 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, ashman, binman, garbageman
- Oh, my old man's a dustman
Proper noun capitalized: Dustman
Dustman (plural Dustmans)
- A surname from German.
Synonyms of dustman
- bin man
- garbage collector
- garbage man
- garbo
- refuse collector
- sanitation engineer
- trashman
- ashman
- binman
- garbageman
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Forms of dustman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dustmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dustmans |
Origin of dustman
From dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.
Variant spelling of Northern German Dustmann.
Questions about dustman
- What does dustman mean?
- Dustman means a person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
- What part of speech is dustman?
- Dustman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of dustman?
- The plural of dustman is dustmen.
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