sanman

noun

1. (New-York-City)A New York City sanitation department worker: a garbage collector.

   “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.”

   “Ukeles has been shocked at the number of insults endured by the sanmen, and saddened by the shame some of them feel.”

   “Then I walk some of the thousands of curb miles with the sanmen (at that time still an all-male workforce).”