A street-sweeper or scavenger. Also Comb., as street-orderly boy, system; street-orderly bin, an iron box erected by the side of the street, for the reception of refuse.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, II. 257. The street-orderly system of scavaging. Ibid., 259. The first appearance of the street-orderlies in the metropolis was in 1843.
1894. Street-orderly bin [see ORDERLY a. 5].
1907. Westm. Gaz., 22 Oct., 10/2. The street-orderly boys are to undergo a medical examination before being placed on the establishment.
Hence Street-orderlyism, the system of employing street-orderlies for scavenging.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, II. 257. The system called Street-Orderlyism.
