trashout
- n.The disposal of the entire contents of an abandoned house. Also: trash-out; trash out.Example Citations:"They didn't have the money to get a moving van, so they took what they could throw in the car and took off," says a local man, whose business — clearing out abandoned houses — is booming. "We don't even know where they went."Clearing out a house is called a trashout. But people leave behind much more than trash. They leave computers, printers, flat-screen TVs, new furniture, children's toys — all the stuff that used to be so easy to buy on credit. Charities don't want it, and so it all goes in the dumpster.—Margaret Wente, " America's house of cards — make that, credit cards: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081003.wcowent04/BNStory/politics/," The Globe and Mail, October 4, 2008They left family photos scattered across a bed, next to a Bible and a toddler's floppy-eared hat. Their marriage license rests on a dresser. And a diploma from Duluth High is tucked unceremoniously into a closet still stocked with clothes.Scott Johnson tries not to wonder what went wrong inside this three-bedroom home near Lawrenceville. His job is to landfill everything, from the leather couches to the "What Color Is It?" baby book.He's the "trash out" man.That's the common term — banks use the more polite "property preservation" — for clearing out and cleaning up foreclosed homes.—Brian Feagans, " Debris hints at foreclosures' toll: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2008/08/13/trashout.html," The Atlanta Journal - Constitution, August 13, 2008Earliest Citation:His first stop of the day was once a state-of-the-art trash-out, filled with debris dating back to 1919, the year its last resident moved in.—Robin Chotzinoff, "Yo vermin! Hey trash-outs! Dave Emge is on the warpath. Clean up your act!," Denver Westword, January 19, 1994Related Words: Category:
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