Examples of garbageman in a Sentence
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Eisinger: From garbageman to fire chief Eisinger’s late father, Howard, fought fires in Long Lake, as did brothers Richard and Fred; brother David served as fire chief in Maple Plain.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Tom Pelphrey costars as Robbie, the desperate garbageman behind the robberies.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
As Robbie Prendergrast, Pelphrey delivers a layered performance as a single father who works as a garbageman by day, but at night becomes a masked robber who steals from various members of a motorcycle gang to keep his family afloat.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
In an episode of the new HBO miniseries Task, Pennsylvania garbageman Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) briefly takes hostage one of the members of the law-enforcement task force that’s been chasing him for his side gig robbing drug stash houses.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Possums, nature’s garbagemen, would stop by each night to see if there were any overly ripe bananas or fruit.
—Courtenay Rudzinski, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2025
Trash continued to pile up across more than a dozen Eastern Massachusetts towns and cities as garbagemen remained on strike for a fifth day, this time with support from a local firefighter’s union.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 July 2025
Noah would wait every week to see his friend, the garbageman.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 4 May 2025
The garbagemen had not taken away the wheelie bin stuffed with recyclables.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Tom Pelphrey costars as Robbie, the desperate garbageman behind the robberies.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
As Robbie Prendergrast, Pelphrey delivers a layered performance as a single father who works as a garbageman by day, but at night becomes a masked robber who steals from various members of a motorcycle gang to keep his family afloat.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
In an episode of the new HBO miniseries Task, Pennsylvania garbageman Robbie (Tom Pelphrey) briefly takes hostage one of the members of the law-enforcement task force that’s been chasing him for his side gig robbing drug stash houses.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Possums, nature’s garbagemen, would stop by each night to see if there were any overly ripe bananas or fruit.
—Courtenay Rudzinski, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2025
Trash continued to pile up across more than a dozen Eastern Massachusetts towns and cities as garbagemen remained on strike for a fifth day, this time with support from a local firefighter’s union.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 July 2025
Noah would wait every week to see his friend, the garbageman.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 4 May 2025
The garbagemen had not taken away the wheelie bin stuffed with recyclables.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Garbageman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbageman. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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garbageman
noun
gar·bage·man
ˈgär-bij-ˌman 
: a person who collects and hauls away garbage
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