binliner

See also: bin liner

English

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

Noun

binliner (plural binliners)

  1. (UK) Alternative spelling of bin liner
  2. (UK, rail transport) A freight train carrying household rubbish.
    • 2013, Stanley C. Jenkins, Martin Loader, Oxford, Bletchley & Bedford Line Through Time, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2014, Paul Manley, British Freight Trains, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
      Freightliner Class 66 No. 66514 eases the 6M07 Roxby–Pendleton empty binliner through Agbrigg, Wakefield.
    • 2015, Ross Taylor, General Motors Type 5: Class 66 Locomotives, 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.
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