trash collector
Example Sentences
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Mr. Paré-Poupart, who calls himself an “anarcho-garbageman,” is no ordinary trash collector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
He picked grapes in California and oranges in Florida, was a trash collector in Atlanta and mined gold in Ontario, his daughter said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2022
Huang Yan-wen, a trash collector in Xinyi District, has heard “Für Elise” played on a loop five days a week, nearly every week of the year, for the past 25 years.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022
For the poor daughter of a trash collector, it was a luxury she couldn’t refuse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2022
“Polokov has taken a job with the city as a trash collector, a scavenger.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
