garbage-collector

See also: garbage collector and Garbage Collector

English

Noun

garbage-collector (plural garbage-collectors)

1. Alternative form of garbage collector.
   • 1887 October 23, “Why Sign Only Demonyms? The Inquiry of a Man Who Says John P. St. John Has an Autohieroascetohagionym”, in Los Angeles Daily Herald, volume XXIX, number 21, Los Angeles, Calif., page 15, column 1:

     The initials of a writer’s real name form an initialism, and a sarcastic signature is an ironym. ‘Patiently Awaiting’ signed to a complaint against the garbage-collectors is an ironym.

   • 1976, Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad, translated by Leslie McLoughlin, Death in Beirut (Arab Authors; 5), London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, published 1980, →ISBN, page 56:

     She had no sooner done so than she was woken by an uproar in the street – a familiar racket which happened every day at this time. Zennoub recognised the noise of the garbage-collectors and the roar of their truck.

   • 2011 April 9, Ken Lewenza, “Counterpoint: Fury of poor would erupt without unions”, in National Post, volume 13, number 138, Toronto, Ont., page FP19, column 1:

     Why wouldn’t populist jealousy be directed against bankers or CEOs, whose gluttony dwarfs the salaries and perks of any unionized workers? After all, Canada’s big six banks alone paid out a record $9-billion in bonuses last year, while other Canadians struggled to make ends meet. Strangely instead, it’s the humble garbage-collector on the receiving end of the vitriol.