English
garbageman
From garbage + -man.
A compound of garbage + -man
Frankish *garwijan ‘to make ready’
Old French garber ‘to refine, make neat or clean’
Middle English garbage ‘the offal of a fowl, giblets, kitchen waste”,…’
English garbage
Today it means
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Etymograph / garbageman