"sanman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sanmen [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of sanitation + man. Head templates: {{en-noun|sanmen}} sanman (plural sanmen)
  1. (New York City) A New York City sanitation department worker: a garbage collector. Tags: New-York-City

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1978, The New Yorker, volume 54, part 3, page 28:",
          "text": "Sanmen get more on-the-job injuries than either policemen or firemen. Many of them strain their backs, undramatically but painfully, because, being so strong, they may forget to bend their knees when they're hoisting a garbage can.",
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          "text": "Ukeles has been shocked at the number of insults endured by the sanmen, and saddened by the shame some of them feel.",
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          "ref": "2008, Anne Pasternak, Creative Time: The Book, page 129:",
          "text": "Then I walk some of the thousands of curb miles with the sanmen (at that time still an all-male workforce).",
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