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Bin bag, bin lorry. I grew up saying dustbin but most people just call them bins these days. I believe “dustbin” is from the Victorian era where what little ru
by orobinson 2y ago
Bin bag, bin lorry. I grew up saying dustbin but most people just call them bins these days.
I believe “dustbin” is from the Victorian era where what little rubbish people had was burnt in the fireplace. The “dustbin man” would come by and take away your fireplace ashes.
- dfawcus 2y agoWe had coal fires, and no central heating when I was a young child. So we had two (steel) dustbins, and the dust-men would empty them. I can't remember if the bin wagon had a different name, I shall have to ask my parents.