garburator

English

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Etymology

Blend of garbage +‎ incinerator. First use appears c. 1947 in the Winnipeg Tribune.

Noun

garburator (plural garburators)

  1. (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal.
    • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 28:
      ‘[…] She burped and tried to jam the bottle into the waste-hole of the waste-disposal thing, the thingummy.’
      ‘Garburator,’ said Pigs Trotter. ‘I think they’re called Garburators.’
      ‘Garburator, that’s it. She tried to jam the bottle down the Garburator. […]’

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