garbo
Noun
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Noun
garbo (plural garbos)
- (Australia, informal) A rubbish collector.
- 1986, Emily George, Merri Lee: A Feminist Fantasy, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ScVHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zwdaT5bcK860iQeZzOmsDQ&redir_esc=y page 124],
- Then believe it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo, collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning.
- 1998, Hall Greenland, Red Hot: The Life & Times of Nick Origlass, 1908-1996, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WjblAAAAMAAJ&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vQNaT-WMF6ediAe86cWaDQ&redir_esc=y page 253],
- The referendum papers, accompanied by a strong statement of Council′s position, was to be letterboxed by the Council′s “garbos” (rubbish collectors) and inspectors on a Thursday and collected by volunteers over the weekend.
- 2010, Zana Fraillon, Monstrum House: Locked In, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fGl8aw4W4okC&pg=PT6&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vQNaT-WMF6ediAe86cWaDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22%20-greta%20rubbish%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page],
- As far as Jasper was concerned, his mum being a garbo was pretty cool. She got to drive a truck and be home in time to take his little sisters to school. Before she got the job as a rubbish collector, his mum had done shift work and it was left to Jasper to get his sisters to school.
- 2010, Adam Shand, The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia′s Toughest Cop, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SDCATmT9r6UC&pg=PA350&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YQZaT_ToBuqziQelk43iCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22%20-greta%20rubbish%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 350],
- The priest would bring salvation while the garbo took the rubbish.
- 1986, Emily George, Merri Lee: A Feminist Fantasy, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ScVHAAAAYAAJ&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zwdaT5bcK860iQeZzOmsDQ&redir_esc=y page 124],
- bin man (UK)
- dustman (UK)
- garbage collector (US)
- garbage man (Australia)
- refuse collector (UK)
- sanitation engineer (US)
- trashman (US)
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