bin man

See also: binman

English

Alternative forms

• binman

Noun

bin man (plural bin men)

1. (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^[1]:

     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