Meanings
plural trashmen · alternative trash man
- CanadaUSA worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal.
Trashmen didn't get my trash today / Oh, why? Because they want more pay / Buses on strike want a raise in fare / So they can help pollute the air
1971, The Stylistics, “People Make the World Go Round”, in The StylisticsSynonyms: bin man, dustman, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo, refuse collector, sanitation engineer, see Thesaurus:garbage collector
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA worker who collects and hauls away household or municipal garbage, often using a truck to transport it for processing or disposal.
Origin
- Englishtrash
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishtrashman
Cite this entry
trashman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trashman
“trashman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trashman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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