Garbo
Full definition of garbo
Noun
garbo
(plural garbos)- (Australia, informal) A rubbish collector.
- 1986, Emily George, Merri Lee: A Feminist Fantasy, %22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zwdaT5bcK860iQeZzOmsDQ&redir_esc=y page 124,Then believe it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo, collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning.
- 1998, Hall Greenland, Red Hot: The Life & Times of Nick Origlass, 1908-1996, %22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vQNaT-WMF6ediAe86cWaDQ&redir_esc=y page 253,The referendum papers, accompanied by a strong statement of Council′s position, was to be letterboxed by the Council′s “garbos†(rubbish collectors) and inspectors on a Thursday and collected by volunteers over the weekend.
- 2010, Zana Fraillon, Monstrum House: Locked In, %22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vQNaT-WMF6ediAe86cWaDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22%20-greta%20rubbish%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,As far as Jasper was concerned, his mum being a garbo was pretty cool. She got to drive a truck and be home in time to take his little sisters to school. Before she got the job as a rubbish collector, his mum had done shift work and it was left to Jasper to get his sisters to school.
- 2010, Adam Shand, The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia′s Toughest Cop, %22garbos%22+-greta+rubbish+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YQZaT_ToBuqziQelk43iCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22garbo%22|%22garbos%22%20-greta%20rubbish%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 350,The priest would bring salvation while the garbo took the rubbish.
Synonyms
- bin man UK
- dustman UK
- garbage collector US, Canada
- garbage man US, Canada
- refuse collector UK
- sanitation engineer US, Canada
- trashman US, Canada