garbage truck
noun
US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans
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The mother of a baby boy who was found dead at the bottom of a garbage truck in Connecticut more than 35 years ago has been arrested for his murder.
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Dave Collins, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
The body parts get stashed in trash bags that are hauled away on a garbage truck, and aside from throwing up a little, Harrison seems to be okay.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
In the nineteen-fifties, Joe Papp, the founder of the Public Theatre, would travel the five boroughs with a flatbed trailer hitched to a garbage truck, offering free Shakespeare to all New Yorkers.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The Suffolk County Police Department says the two men were in a dumpster located in Commack, New York, when it was emptied into a garbage truck in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 29 May 2025
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Dave Collins, Hartford Courant, 23 July 2025
The body parts get stashed in trash bags that are hauled away on a garbage truck, and aside from throwing up a little, Harrison seems to be okay.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 July 2025
In the nineteen-fifties, Joe Papp, the founder of the Public Theatre, would travel the five boroughs with a flatbed trailer hitched to a garbage truck, offering free Shakespeare to all New Yorkers.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The Suffolk County Police Department says the two men were in a dumpster located in Commack, New York, when it was emptied into a garbage truck in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 29.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for garbage truck
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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