my mistake: garbage can (1906) not garbage pail

[Barnhart]

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Wednesday, February
02, 2005 at 3:19 PM -0500 wrote:
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>Poster:       Barnhart <barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM>
>Subject:      Re: disposable garbage bags
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>I recall municipal garbage collectors (1924) (aka garbagemen [1888]) using
>large sheets of burlap upon which to dump garbage from galvanized garbage
>pails (1906) (which I can remember cleaning) and their hefting them over
>their should to schlep to the garbage truck (1916).  I don't remember ever
>hearing the term garbage box (1867).
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>Regards,
>David
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>barnhart at highlands.com
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>American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Wednesday, February
>02, 2005 at 1:24 PM -0500 wrote:
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>>Poster:       sagehen <sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM>
>>Subject:      Re: disposable garbage bags
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>> I can't remember when these things first became a standard element of
>the
>>No. American lifestyle, but I clearly remember the feeling of shock --
>>outrage, really -- when I noticed that it was expected that people would
>>buy bags for the purpose of throwing them away.
>>Ah, such innocence!
>>A. Murie