scavenger
/ˈskæv.ən.dʒə(ɹ)/
noun
- 1
Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
- 2
An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- 3
A street sweeper.
- 4
A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
- 5
A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
verb
- 1
To scavenge.
- 2
To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
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