dustman
noun
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name
Etymology: Variant spelling of Northern German Dustmann.
- A surname from German.
noun
Etymology: From dust + -man, as household refuse previously consisted largely of ashes (dust) from domestic fires.
- 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.”