dustmann.
/ˈdʌstmən/ 1. A man whose occupation it is to collect and cart away dust and refuse from dust-bins, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > one who
muckman1569
dustman1707
garbage collector1847
scaffy1853
refuse collector1876
sanitation man1939
garbageologist1940
garbologist1946
binmana1966
trashman1965
dustbinman1969
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 446 The Dust-men were not idle.
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 22 The Dust-man's Cart offends thy Cloaths and Eyes.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 191 The dustman's call down the area-grate.
2. colloquial. A personification of sleep or sleepiness; in allusion to the rubbing of the eyes as if there were dust in them.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleep personified
sleep1390
dustman1821
sandman1821
sandboy1873
1821 P. Egan Tom & Jerry 111 (Farmer) Till the dustman made his appearance and gave the hint to Tom and Jerry that it was time to visit their beds.
1891 J. S. Farmer Slang (at cited word) ‘The dustman's coming’ = you are getting sleepy.
3. slang. A preacher who uses violent action; a ‘cushion-thumper’.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > preacher > [noun] > boisterous, violent
Boanergesc1384
break-pulpit1589
thump-cushion1827
dustman1877
1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps (1887) 368 Sitting under the most furious dustman that ever thumped a cushion.
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