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binliner en · NOUN

Etymology

* (train): Blend of bin + Freightliner. The train sense is a pun on the name of the rail freight company Freightliner. * (rubbish bag): bin + liner

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of bin liner.
    alt of bin liner
  2. (UK) A freight train carrying household rubbish.
    • Freightliner class '66' locomotive No. 66562 approaches the site of Launton station with the 10.55 a.m. Calvert to Bristol Avon binliner empties on 15August 2008. 2013, Stanley C. Jenkins, Martin Loader, Oxford, Bletchley & Bedford Line Through Time, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
    • Freightliner Green Team No. 66565 is seen passing the now electrified Manchester Victoria while working the 6J44 Brindle Heath–Dean Lane binliner refuse train. 2015, Ross Taylor, General Motors Type 5: Class 66 Locomotives, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
    • Freightliner Class 66 No. 66514 eases the 6M07 Roxby–Pendleton empty binliner through Agbrigg, Wakefield. 2014, Paul Manley, British Freight Trains, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

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wikipedia: Freightliner Group