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Dustpan vs Dustman - What's the difference?

dustpan | dustman |

As nouns the difference between dustpan and dustman

is that dustpan is a flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom while dustman is (british) someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.

dustpan

English

(wikipedia dustpan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat scoop with a short handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

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    dustman

    English

    Noun

    (dustmen)
  • (British) Someone whose job it is to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed.
    • Oh, my old man's a dustman
    He wears a dustman's hat
    He wears cor-blimey trousers
    And he lives in a council flat'' - - ''My Old Man's A Dustman

    Synonyms

    * bin man (UK ) * garbage collector (US, Canada ) * garbage man (US, Canada ) * garbo (Australia ) * refuse collector (UK ) * sanitation engineer (US, Canada ) * trashman (US, Canada )