Meaning of garbo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rubbish collector; a garbage man.
   Australia, countable, informal
2. Garbage; something considered worthless.
   Australia, Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory, uncountable

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Examples

“Then believe⟳ it or not, I worked for some time as a garbo, collecting the rubbish in the wee hours of the morning.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The priest would bring⟳ salvation while the garbo took the rubbish.”

“"Any quartz in the Mountain?" / "Just garbo quartz, not enough to produce⟳ any electrical fields." / "No disruption in the magnetic field?" / "No, sir."”

“Then they beat⟳ me and burned me and locked me up, before handing me back like⟳ a piece of garbo, when I acted up or they got tired of me.”

“Another Twitter user wrote, "I could lie⟳ to you and say⟳ that I'm totally not interested in that game [but] I am interested. It sucks so much that JKR is a transphobic piece of garbo. ... I think⟳ if I do play⟳ it, I'll make⟳ it clear in all promotions my feelings about JKR and also promote⟳ a trans charity for folks to donate their funds towards. Maybe it's not enough, and I might not have⟳ a lot of funds, but I do wanna use⟳ my voice to do what I can to support⟳ my trans friends."”

“Then Noelle told me she's a Paralympian and I was like⟳, "Well, my lie⟳ was just garbo. That was terrible. Noelle, you're a beast!"”

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