Meanings
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of garbage
- Indiapluralplural onlyGarbage; waste; refuse.
In market areas the commercial people provides necessary incentives to the municipal sweepers to keep the area clean of garbages. The problem is the "disposal" of the garbage.
1980, Calcutta Municipal Gazette, volume 98, page 17871 more example
It is a common observation that garbages are scattered around the slums. The respondents complained that the municipal sweepers seldom bother to collect the accumulated garbages from around the slums.
1994, Najmir Nur Begum, Centre for Family Services, Low-income families of metropolitan Dhaka, page 98
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