From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgarbage truckˈgarbage ˌtruck noun [countable] American EnglishTTCDHC a large vehicle which goes from house to house to collect the contents of garbage cans SYN dust cart British English
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garbage truck• The threat is as if a garbage truck had overturned and dumped wilted intellectual lettuce on bystanders.• Who rides in the back of a garbage truck, picks up the trash off State Street.• At Twentieth and Blake he saw a man swabbing a garbage truck.• Sunlight coming through a nearby window or the sound of an early morning garbage truck can disturb a light sleeper.• So he bought this old Dodge and washed it Howard stared at the garbage truck cruising slowly down the street.• Put a David Smith out for the garbage truck to haul off? 