Dust(-)bin

[William Stone]

Yes, dustbin it is, certainly in the parts of Britain that I've lived in (W.
Midlands, S.E. & S.W.).  And the garbage man is usually the dustman although I have
heard dustbin man.

William Stone
Northeastern Illinois University

Damien Hall wrote:

> Barry Popik's second-latest post from Sikkim (wish I were there) gives the gloss
> DUST BIN = 'garbage can'.  Looks to me like an Indian / Sikkimese recutting of
> the standard British English DUSTBIN;  DUSTBIN is the only term used for that
> object in any British dialect I know, except for the abbreviation BIN (which
> also refers to any receptacle for waste, no matter what its size or where it's
> placed).  Anyone else have that?
>
> Damien Hall
> University of Pennsylvania