dustcart

See also: dust cart

English

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Etymology

From dust +‎ cart.

Noun

dustcart (plural dustcarts)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A vehicle for collecting refuse.
    • 2009, Peter Beharrell, Howard Davis, John Eldridge, Bad News, page 246:
      There were other disputes in Scotland, indeed in Glasgow, some affecting local authority services, and from the second day of coverage of the dustcart strike, reporting often linked them in bulletins; […]
    • 2014, Simon Whaley, Compass Points - Photography for Writers:
      Imagine your dismay if you'd been using film and not noticed the dustcart in the shot until you were back home, when your photos had been processed.

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  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 9 October 2019 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 October 2019
  2. ^ Cambridge Dictionary
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