dustman:
(In American English it is ‘garbage collector’; plural: dustmen; pronunciation: the letter ‘u’ rhymes with the letter ‘u’ in the word “but” — ‘dust’ … ‘man’)
a person whose job is to collect and dispose of dry waste material from dustbins or garbage cans,
dustman of the past with his cart collecting garbage
Of all the professionals, a dustman or waste collector has the most number of names throughout the world: (in Australia) garbageman, garbage collector & garbo; (in British Isles) dustbin man, bin man & refuse collector; and (in North America) garbageman, garbage collector, trash collector, recycling tech, toter tipper & sanman, i.e. sanitation man.
A clean city of great reputation of tourists’ haven becomes a stinking pigsty when the dustmen go on strike for just a couple of days.
Of all the jobs, if we look at it from a different perspective, garbage collecting and dustmen or garbage collectors are the most needed professionals in the present day over-crowded cities.
a modern day dustman at work
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