Definitions from Wiktionary (scavenger)
▸ noun: Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
▸ noun: An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A street sweeper.
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
▸ noun: (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
▸ verb: (archaic) To scavenge.
▸ verb: (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
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▸ noun: Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
▸ noun: An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, obsolete) A street sweeper.
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
▸ noun: (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
▸ verb: (archaic) To scavenge.
▸ verb: (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
Similar:
magpie,
pack rat,
scavager,
scrapper,
waste picker,
salvager,
scrapmonger,
scrapman,
scutterer,
forager,
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