garburator
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- garbarator
- Garberator (proprietary)
- garberator
Etymology
[edit]1948 in Canada, from garbage + -ator.
Noun
[edit]garburator (plural garburators)
- (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 37:
- ‘She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they're called Garburators.’
‘Garburator, that's it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator.’