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語源

From dust +‎ -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.

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名詞

dustman (plural dustmen)

1. (UK) A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

   Synonyms: bin man (UK), garbage collector (US, Canada), garbage man (US, Canada), garbo (Australia), refuse collector (UK), sanitation engineer (US, Canada), trashman (US, Canada); ashman (historically synonymous); see also Thesaurus:garbage collector

   Hypernyms: worker < person

   Coordinate term: dustwoman (feminine)

   • 1960, Lonnie Donegan, My Old Man's A Dustman:

     Oh, my old man's a dustman
     He wears a dustman’s hat
     He wears cor-blimey trousers
     And he lives in a council flat.