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garbos

garbos is the plural of garbo.

Meaning of garbo

Noun

garbo (countable and uncountable, plural garbos)

  1. (Australia, countable, informal) A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
    • Then believe it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo, collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning.1986, Emily George, Merri Lee: A Feminist Fantasy, page 124
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory, uncountable) Garbage; something considered worthless.
    • "Any quartz in the Mountain?" / "Just garbo quartz, not enough to produce any electrical fields." / "No disruption in the magnetic field?" / "No, sir."2012, Mickael Taddeo, Gabriel's Mountain, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 229

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Questions about garbos

What is garbos the plural of?
Garbos is the plural of garbo.

Words near garbos in the dictionary

  1. garbologically
  2. garbologist
  3. garbologists
  4. garbology
  5. garbonzas
  6. garbos
  7. garbs
  8. garburate
  9. garburated
  10. garburates
  11. garburating

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