"dirtman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dirtmen [plural]
Etymology: dirt + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dirt|man}} dirt + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|dirtmen}} dirtman (plural dirtmen)
  1. (obsolete) A garbage man. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-dirtman-en-noun-EvQD23JP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 83 17
  2. A figure of a man made from dirt.
    Sense id: en-dirtman-en-noun-Uu9kkvWH

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dirtman meaning in English (1.7kB)

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