sanitationn.
/sanɪˈteɪʃən/ The devising and application of means for the improvement of sanitary conditions. Also spec. (the provision of) toilet facilities.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to > sanitariness > improvement of sanitary condition
sanitation1848
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > [noun]
sanitation1901
1848 Cleve (title) Hints on Domestic Sanitation.
1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters II. 242 Rural sanitation, again, comes to the front day by day.
1881 P. Robinson Under Punkah 84 The Government sent down its chiefs of sanitation.
1901 V. Bethell Monte Carlo Anecd. p. xii (advt.) Hotel Metropole... Sumptuous private suites, excellent cuisine, perfect sanitation.
1934 M. V. Hughes London Child of Seventies x. 117 Sanitation was not known at Reskadinnick, neither earth nor water nor any such thing.
Compounds
In general attributive, designating a person or vehicle employed in the removal and disposal of domestic refuse.
sanitation man n.
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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
1939 N.Y. Times 16 Sept. 19/2 Sweepers and drivers..will be known as ‘sanitation men’.
1975 New Yorker 8 Sept. 111/1 The city paid the sanitationmen $713,500 at time-and-a-half rates to clean up the debris that had accumulated because the strikers had refused to collect it.
sanitation truck n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > refuse truck or cart
pudding-cart1562
dust-cart1776
refuse cart1845
garbage truck1874
sanitation truck1958
1958 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. 26/6 ‘Some kind of job action’ by the crews of sanitation trucks can be expected.
1974 Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 23 Apr. 3 b/4 Among the critically hurt was a crewman on a sanitation truck that happened to be picking up refuse at the..building.
sanitation van n. (U.S.)
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1973 Times 27 Aug. 5/7 My wife explained that this caper was weightier than that by defining dust cart as Garbage truck, or, in Current American, sanitation van.
Derivatives
saniˈtationist n. one who is skilled in or who advocates sanitation.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > state of being conducive to > sanitariness > person
sanitarian1859
sanitarist1859
sanitist1882
sanitationist1888
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 4/1 ‘Sanitationists’ (will that be the terrible word?) will contract to supply so much public health per 1,000 for so much a year.
1894 Liberal 24 Nov. 42/2 Such farseeing sanitationists.
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