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trash collector

NOUN
garbage man
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Folwell said his young adulthood included working as a trash collector and in motorcycle shops before going to college and becoming a CPA.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023

During the pandemic, she switched her website host and trash collector and re-evaluated her phone company.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

He picked grapes in California and oranges in Florida, was a trash collector in Atlanta and mined gold in Ontario, his daughter said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022

Meanwhile, the pool of people benefiting from the largesse has grown beyond immediate family members to the occasional mailman or trash collector.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2020

“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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