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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(British) A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed..
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.
Use dustman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dustman means (British) A person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed..
Common synonyms include bin man, garbage collector, garbage man, garbo.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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