garbage truck

noun

: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans

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Madigan talked about his childhood, being assigned to a garbage truck in his youth, and being abused by his alcoholic father before regaling the courtroom with short stories from his political career in Springfield. —

Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 That's how Millgate ended up capturing Kade's joyful reaction to seeing a garbage truck. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Two police officers are recovering, and a firefighter is back on the job after a garbage truck explosion in an Illinois suburb injured them late last week. —

Pilar Arias, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024 If this weren’t bad enough for Harris, a day later, Trump — a showman to the end — showed up in the passenger seat of a huge garbage truck with his campaign logo painted on the side. —

Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for garbage truck

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