yard-trash day

plural yard-trash days

1. alternativeAlternative form of yard trash day.

   I’m ticked off at my neighbor who does his yard work the day after yard-trash day. Then he leaves his black plastic bags out in the yard for six days until the next pickup. Have some consideration for the others in your neighborhood.

   1998 September 4, “Ticked Off! Mail snatcher, rude diner, fall merchandise”, in The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E-2, column 3

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   Yard-trash day is the biggest nightmare. When they dump the buckets and the barrel, a third goes into the back of the truck, a third falls onto the ground and the last third is left inside the barrel, which is turned upside down, so that we are left with two-thirds of the trash we put out for pickup.

   2001 March 2, Shirley M. Tobin, “Trash collectors are litterers”, in Florida Today, Brevard edition, Cocoa, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6A, column 5

   Yep, if you want to remove a native healthy specimen of a tree, you had better get a permit to do so – or face a fine from the county. Often, I have seen some green viable pines waiting for the solid-waster to pick up on yard-trash day and wonder if that person has removed that tree illegally without a permit.

   2013 March 17, ‘Cash’ Cashion, “Think before decorating landscape with a ‘hat-rack’ or ‘lolly-pop’”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 78, number 14, West Palm Beach, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Residences” section, page 40, column 1