British and Irish English for a refuse or garbage truck — the vehicle that collects household rubbish. The word comes from an era when household ash and dust from coal fires was the primary waste collected. It is the standard term in the UK and Ireland, equivalent to American 'garbage truck' or 'trash truck'.
The dustcart comes on Wednesday mornings, so bins need to be out the night before.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Irish) A vehicle for collecting refuse.
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