garbageman

noun

gar·​bage·​man ˈgär-bij-ˌman 

: one who collects and hauls away garbage

Examples of garbageman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Elsewhere, too, Paré-Poupart takes care to explain the links between trash and garbagemen’s working and living conditions. — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026

My fellow garbagemen and I scrub clean the stains of our consumer society. — Pablo Strauss, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Tom Pelphrey costars as Robbie, the desperate garbageman behind the robberies. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025

As Robbie Prendergrast, Pelphrey delivers a layered performance as a single father who works as a garbageman by day, but at night becomes a masked robber who steals from various members of a motorcycle gang to keep his family afloat. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

garbage + man entry 1

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

garbageman

noun

gar·​bage·​man ˈgär-bij-ˌman 

: a person who collects and hauls away garbage