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 garbage truck driver salvaged furniture for their home.
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Crews responded to the report of a garbage truck fire on Quinnipiac Avenue on Friday at 10:30 a.m. where firefighters encountered light smoke coming from the rear of the truck and found multiple bystanders spraying it down with a garden hose, according to the North Haven Fire Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
Arlington Heights firefighters had dealt with six garbage truck fires in the last several years and had no reason to believe that this call would be exceptional.
—Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
The heist takes up more than 20 minutes of screen time, but Hviid — who has to juggle the robbers at the firm, the garbage truck drivers, the police and a security guard (Amanda Collin) — makes a hash of the competing perspectives.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Crews responded to the report of a garbage truck fire on Quinnipiac Avenue on Friday at 10:30 a.m. where firefighters encountered light smoke coming from the rear of the truck and found multiple bystanders spraying it down with a garden hose, according to the North Haven Fire Department.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025
Arlington Heights firefighters had dealt with six garbage truck fires in the last several years and had no reason to believe that this call would be exceptional.
—Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
The heist takes up more than 20 minutes of screen time, but Hviid — who has to juggle the robbers at the firm, the garbage truck drivers, the police and a security guard (Amanda Collin) — makes a hash of the competing perspectives.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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