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Meanings of garbage hauler in English

Portuguese
coletor de lixo
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Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse.

      coletor de lixo
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      Examples for "dustman"
      Examples for "dustman"
      1
      We had to pay the dustman extra every week to take everything.
      Agahta christie: an autobiography
      2
      The dustman and his friend sought dissident religion to explain me.
      Perdido Street Station
      3
      And as if I wouldn't rather be a dustman in England than a-
      Lady Merton, Colonist
      4
      Philly continued, 'He started working as a dustman at fifteen.
      Carte Blanche
      5
      My dustman bade his friend bring the construct to me.
      Perdido Street Station
      1
      The next day the garbageman came and emptied the garage of everything.
      The new yorker
      2
      Or the thing that garbageman-cowboy Livingstone lassoed with his space-lariat.
      Existence
      1
      The garbage man rang his bell and you brought out your pail.
      A Little Girl in Old New York
      2
      Which left just the garbage man and COPD siding with big pharmaceutical.
      Ebony
      3
      People tend to retain jewelry rather than leave it for the garbage man.
      The burglar in the closet
      4
      All this and more tell the garbage man's little girl.
      Vignettes of San Francisco
      5
      The character I play, 'Troy,' is a garbage man who is down on his luck.
      Ebony
      1
      My mundane professions are garbage collector, waiter, and bartender.
      Dayworld Rebel
      2
      We don't have garbage , so I call the garbage collector and say 'don't come tomorrow'.
      The Guardian
      3
      He began his career as a garbage collector.
      The new yorker
      4
      Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector.
      Existence
      5
      One day a student came to Moon and said: I understand how to make a better garbage collector.
      The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
      1
      Small garbage carters were acquired by several big companies, the largest of which was Waste Management.
      The new yorker
      1
      But why should a refuse collector, say, be paid more than a care worker?
      The Guardian
      2
      A father of five who drunkenly assaulted a refuse collector after a bin was not emptied has been jailed for two years.
      The Irish Times
      3
      As they turned the corner they were greeted by a noisily churning refuse collector, and Munoz helped her squeeze past the empty bins.
      The Flanders Panel
      4
      The pair struck up a friendship after refuse collector Ben would make regular stops for a chat with his "favourite lady".
      BBC
      5
      Carlos Hernandez, 62, a refuse collector, was optimistic about the long-term future of the old city, even as he swept up debris from the storm.
      Reuters
      Usage of garbage hauler in English
      1
      I said, not too amiably, 'Who are the garbage haulers in this town?'
      Sunny Slopes
      2
      'If you want any more garbage haulers, you can get them.'
      Sunny Slopes
      3
      - North America's largest garbage hauler, Waste Management Inc, is looking for Canadian partners to help create new technology that will convert waste to energy.
      Reuters
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