garbageman

See also: garbage man

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English garbage

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English garbageman

From garbage + -man.

Noun

garbageman (plural garbagemen)

1. Alternative form of garbage man.
   • 2009 January 31, Adam Nossiter, “The Smell of Success in the Quarter May Change”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     That immemorial stench has been mostly a bad memory for the last two years, though, thanks to Sidney D. Torres IV, a stylish garbageman whose vigorous sweeping and spraying broke the unloved tradition, astonishing citizens here.