diaperman

plural diapermen

1. CanadaUSarchaicdatedA man who delivers clean cloth diapers and takes soiled ones for washing as part of a diaper service.

   The diapermen seem to be having the last word—doctor's prescriptions now include diaper service.

   1943 May 14, Beatrice Fairfax, “O.P.A. Can't Put Itself Above Stork”, in Mansfield News-Journal, volume 59, number 69, page 7

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   Competition already is so keen that the great diaper derby already lists one big casualty. Borden Co., which introduced its White Lamb brand five years ago, has since withdrawn it. Meanwhile, Morris Bonoff and other old-time diapermen are not going down without waging a fight. The Diaper Service Industry Association is ready with its own campaign.

   1970 December 15, “The Great Diaper Rash”, in James W. Michaels, editor, Forbes, volume 106, number 12, page 30

   I told him if I have a baby there'll be the diaperman and the doctor and the milkman probably four times a week.

   1971, Helen Hudson, Farnsbee South, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page 130

   The diaperman couldn't find the diaper bag. The garbage people probably picked it up. The diaperman said we have to pay a hundred dollars to replace the lost diapers. What are we going to do, Ben?

   2000, Joseph Sutton, Morning Pages: The Almost True Story of My Life, Creative Arts Book Company, →ISBN, unnumbered page

   No more sterilizing. Babies need to build up resistance to germs, just clean out the bottles…actually, throw out the plastic liners that hold the formula, and rinse the nipples and caps and you're done. Time to get the cloth diapers ready for the diaperman's pick-up and delivery.

   2005, Lois Young-Tulin, The Granny Nanny: Conscious Grandmothering; or, What Every Grandmother Should Know About Babysitting, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 4